I don't have much to say about the film. It is entertaining in parts, certainly not awful & it features some of the very best actors working today.
Unfortunately, it features them forced to speak in accents other than their own and man, there's some bad ones. I am aware of how many actors play other nationalities and do it extremely well. However, in this American set movie (Pennsylvania, which has a very distinctive accent) the leading man is Australian (his accent is the worst, I love Greater Hemsworth but he does Asgardian way better!!)the Captain is apparently American, but every single other main role is played by Irish greats (Brendan Gleeson, Cillian Murphy) & English (Ben Whishaw is one of the best young actors around) ALL the rest of the cast I can remember speaking are English. I know it sounds like me ranting about nothing, but when an entire cast (minus 1) is not speaking in their natural voice it is very noticeable. When the necessary dialect is so specific, it is even more noticeable. Were there NO good American actors available??
Usually one or two slightly slipping accents in a cast is nothing and does not effect the movie. When the whole cast doesn't know what they sound like, it does. Ron Howard is so experienced I can't believe he did this.
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