I have no complaints about the individual accents, it's just that hearing them together was so jarring. Did he ship her off to boarding school when she was younger?
I don't think it can have been the mother's influence since she was never around.
I have a completely different accent from my parents as they moved from the North East to the South East, so that wasn't unbelievable to me.
However her general accent genuinely put me off believing the character, she sounded like someone from the 50s, and certainly not like a teenage girl!
she sounded like someone from the 50s
You weren't the only one, that's why I started the thread. It was very jarring.
shareStudies have shown that kids pick up their accents from their friends rather than their parents. This is evident if you pay attention to people in the public eye. If a famous person has a famous parent you can compare accents from interviews they've given and you will see that although they might use similar vocabulary and mannerisms, they rarely speak with exactly the same accent.
shareThis was the problem and why her accent failed. Too many American actors go for the posh accent and raise their voices too high and it stands out. It definitely stood out the entire film for me and was unrealistic.
shareagreed. The accent wasn't bad, but it didn't fit the character or location. The acting was passable, the story was okay, and Dakota was beautiful, but I just couldn't watch this.
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