"Nell" is a beautiful film, and Jodie Foster was indeed superb. Ms. Richardson's accent was pretty bad, though; it sort of came and went erratically.
Are we to believe that, at the end, the judge just let Nell return to her home? And the media left her alone, to make friends locally like the sheriff's wife and some older women shown at the end? Ridiculous!
Also, apparently Nell's mother, after being raped, built the cabin all by herself, and delivered -- all alone -- twin girls, who never had illnesses needing medical attention. Liam Neeson's character, the local Irish doctor, said he had seen Nell's mother on one occasion, when he noted that half of her face was paralyzed ... and she must have set up arrangements for groceries to be delivered ... but nobody other than the delivery boy knew a woman was living "alone" up there?
How could Nell's mother be raped and then immediately disappear into the mountains forever -- didn't she have any family or friends? Or was she living alone in the mountains prior to being raped?
Plus, since Nell's twin sister had died more than 10 years previously, wouldn't the mother have "cured" Nell of her twin-speak, so that Nell's version of English was only diminished by her mother's distorted pronunciations?
And yes, Nell's wisdom in the courtroom scene seemed to come out of nowhere.
These are the points that I found insulting. I like logic.
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