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Movie Reviews of Nell
Movie Review: This is a great movie for women, men and parents!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a wonderful, wonderful movie. And it is a great test of a relationship. Women, if your boyfriend or fiance is unwilling to watch this movie, or is not moved by it, dump him immediately and save yourself years and years of pain. If you are already married, get marriage counseling.Guys, this is a great movie. Even if you prefer action movies to chick flicks, the woman you are with will be totally moved by the movie and that you watched it with her.
Parents, this is also a great movie for teenagers. Nell, played by Jodie Foster, has had no contact with anyone other than her now dead mother, so she has no sense of shame about her body. She is as free as a three year old in taking off her clothes to go swimming at night. Therefore, while there is nudity, there is no sexuality. And the nudity is not exploitive. (This is like the nudity you used to find on the pages of old National Geographics on articles about Africa.) On the balance, the sensitivity outweighs concerns about nudity, this may even be a way to spark conversation with your kids about puberty, etc.
Movie Review: Nell
Summary: 5 Stars
Nell is a girl who's been brought up in an isolated world. The only people she knew were her mother and twin sister. They lived together in a cottage in the forest. Nobody has ever met Nell. After her mother's death, she's discovered by the local doctor Jerome. He's fascinated by her, since she speaks a mangled language, developed by her sister and herself growing up, twin speak, if you will. But Paula, a psychology student, wants her observed in a laboratory. The judge decides they get three months to observe her in the forest, after which he'll decide about Nell's future. The most outstanding feature of the movie is Jodie Foster's performance in the title role- a remarkable one even by the standards of this talented actress. What gives this movie its power is not any obvious 'message' but its deeply poetic and spiritual tone, deriving both from the acting of the three central characters and the exquisite photography of the North Carolina landscapes. This is one of the finest and most powerful movies, that makes it well worth watching.
Movie Review: Deeply moving ...
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the story of Nell, a child of rape, raised out in the wilderness by her mother. Hidden away from the world, she is raised by a mother who has had several strokes and is aphasic (can't speak well). As a result of her isolation, she learns a form of English that sounds like gibberish.
When the elderly woman dies, Nell is left alone in the wilderness. She is terrified when people come to the house and she is found. She is deemed a "Wild Child". Enter Liam Neeson as the local visiting doctor and Natasha Richardson as a research psychologist that the doctor contacts. They study Nell closely and they both have different goals for her as the story unfolds.
To say much more would most certainly ruin the movie ...
This movie was compelling, deeply moving, and finally deeply satisfying. It will linger in your mind for days and days after viewing it. This movie is a keeper and may become a classic in the years to come. EXCELLENT.
Movie Review: When destiny and great performances collide
Summary: 5 Stars
Jodie Foster takes us on an emotional journey through the troubled soul of a young woman who is unable to communicate with normal people. Like sort of a modern day Rosie O'Donnell. But unlike Rosie, you're actually not nauseated when you see Jodie swimming naked in a pond. One time I went fishing in a pond and I caught a sunfish. Now, you can't eat sunfish so I threw it back. Minutes later, I caught the very same fish! I knew because he had winked at me the first time I caught him and he did it again. What a stupid fish! To be caught by the same bait in just a couple minutes. I threw him back again and stopped fishing cause I didn;t think there was much sport in catching such a stupid animal.Movie Review: Breathtaking!
Summary: 5 Stars
I'll confess like any other review for a movie staring Jodie Foster, I'm in awe of her talent this being a movie that adds weight to that feeling.
It seems to be a seldom quality of a movie actor/actress to be cast into a wide range of roles and to become that part. What I'm saying is, you don't see this as 'Jodie Foster' you see it as 'Nell' the lonely girl living alone from a child.
This is an amazing movie, and one that will have you gripped right to the very end...in fact reviewing this makes me want to watch it again.
......see you later!