Possibly Worst American Accents Ever.....

Gosh, I thought the accents were horrible, especially his.

Yeah, I remember the scene you're talking about. Funny.

Are you American? I'm American, but I lived in London for a few years and my husband is British, so I guess maybe I hear both accents come through better than most people, or something? Its a pet peeve.

After Kevin Kostner in Robin Hood, I can let this slide.

when I first watched this movie back in 1991, I did not
know who Thompson and Branagh were, I thought they WERE
American! LOL

Not long after I did find out they were British and
they quickly went on my list of fav actor/actress.

Thank you. And to all of you who still they had "awful American accents"...my God...I'll say the same then for Minnesotans, as well as the entire sunbelt....if Texans (where I lived for three years) and Alabamans don't completely bastardize the English language, then no one does.

I saw the movie years ago, when it first came out, and have seen it several times since. I knew who Branagh and Thompson were, and was thoroughly looking forward to this movie's release. I was not disappointed.

My 19-yr old daughter was recently raving about this wonderful thriller she'd seen on cable, and it turns out she was "introducing" me to DEAD AGAIN. What an insiteful child!

Regarding the accents:

I was a telemarketer for a national company, and would talk to people who lived, and had accents from, all over the U.S.

I've gotta tell ya, folks, there is NO definitive American accent. American English is a very dialectical(?) language, which accents can be compared with British English, Scots English, Cockney, etc.

It's not really fair to say their American accents were bad, simply different...

Now, if you wanna talk bad accents, there's any Keanu Reeves film in which he had to sound like someone other than himself. Would you really put Emma Thompson & Kenneth Branagh in the same league?

I thought not.

I thought their accents were just fine. I saw this movie in 1991 in the theaters when it was released (I now own the DVD) and though on occasion I detected tiny bits of "slippage" here and there (only because I already knew they were both British)I thought they were outstanding. They nailed it. I mean, we're talking first-rate A-listers here (Thompson and Branagh). They did a tremendous job with the accents, IMO. I also agree there's no one definitive American accent. Americans around the country have different regional accents and I thought they did great with the "generic" American accent.

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I don't know which American accent of Emma's you found bad. However, did you happen to see her on Ellen (Degeneres' sitcom in the 90's). She pretends she's actually an American, from Dayton, OH, but has duped the entire world into thinking she's British. Her Dayton/flat/midwestern accent is perfect.

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