I'm not an American so I don't know how it should sound properly, but doesn't Margot's accent sound too faked/forced for you Americans?
Or does she realy pass as a "country girl" with that accent?
Sounded good to me.
shareSounded excellent to me...
shareI am not american so I don't know how accurate it is, but I know that I always want to throw up when I hear such an accent. Also Caleb's.
I think only rednecks and peasants talk like this.
It's not wors than British English, but it's almost as bad.
Careful with your comments. There are a lot of people who still have a Southern accent and there is no reason to get sick about it. It's no better or worse than a British or Australian accent.
shareI think only rednecks and peasants talk like this.
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I grew up in 1960s and '70s southern West Virginia, and found the Ann's accent believable. She reminded me of the girls I grew up around.
I assume she trained with a dialect coach. I applaud them.
My wife, who also grew up in southern WV, and is more of a student of dialects than I, place the accent as "West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, or maybe North Carolina". Ethnographically, it's an Irish American feature.
Since the movie is set in post-TV and radio times, you'd expect a rural accent and dialect to be dilute, which Ann's is. After TV became common in rural Appalachia, strong accents and dialects were something you heard only in older people.
Her accent was not excellent and if you listened semi-carefully many of her words sounded Australian. She did try hard and I'd give her a 7/10. I wasn't sure if she was supposed to be somewhere in the USA or Europe because her accent really didn't sound American. I know many people from WV and go there a lot.
1) Most people in WV don't have a very strong accent - it's nasal and their sentences drag on, but it's not like the Southern ones like NC, SC, or TN. Margo's accent was a mixture of Aussie and Alabama.
2) Her mannerisms combined with the accent didn't real match. I know most people don't really pay attention to that, but every region has its own manners especially when you take consideration that the actress (or actor) might be from a different country therefore would have their own particular mannerism (walk, move, head tilts, etc.) I notice that a lot of movies kind of overlook it, especially the smaller budget ones that might not be too familiar with the regions they're filming about.
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I grew up in 1960s and '70s southern West Virginia, and found the Ann's accent believable. She reminded me of the girls I grew up around. I agree with you totally! The accent came off just a bit strong sometimes, but considering her little valley is supposed to be case of phenomenal locational isolation, I guess that might be an additional effect.
I assume she trained with a dialect coach. I applaud them.
I'd say it was a very good effort on her part - adopting other speech mannerisms are never easy - though two or three times I could hear her natural Aussie-lilt straining underneath. But that is perhaps only because I was aware of her nationality and perhaps consciously listened for it. In my opinion Robbie is amongst the more talented in a very decent bunch of (relatively) new actors nowadays.
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Not really a good accent in this movie, but her NYC accent in Wolf of Wall Street was perfect. I give her credit for being able to drop her native accent convincingly.
shareAmerican here and I can confirm it was just okay...there is a tendency for non-American English speakers to go overboard with Southern accents...and frankly all three of the cast just sort of drifted in and out accent-wise (including American Chris Pine in this). It wasn't bad, but it wasn't great either. In my opinion, Ejiofor did the best job, but even he got sucked into it occasionally.
I'll say too in one dinner scene I noticed her using her fork in a distinctly not-American way (also called "European style"), which was a bit of a let down (as another poster mentioned "mannerisms").