Two schools of thought on he movie "Nell" (1994)

She went "full retard".....

Chicka, chicka, chickabee.

T'ee an me an t'ee an me.

Ressa, ressa, ressa me,

Chicka, chicka, chickabee.

I kept thinking, "Chicopee -- isn't that a town in Massachusetts?"

How about a choice for neither in the poll?

"Twayy in the wind."

Generous tits and ass for a Pg13 film. My 10 y/o friend hot a boner. I got one noticing his.

In 1994 I thought the former, even though I was and still am a big fan of Jodie Foster.

Today I think the latter.

Her character speaks in pig Latin?

He movie is so stupid.

Shit Nell Says

I saw this when it came out and I almost died from second hand embarrassment.

OP, it's just a bad movie.

Is it worth watching for a laugh?

No, R13. It's cringe worthy.

This shit and then Rosie goes full tard years later.

Must be a lesbo thing.

She's not retarded, she's feral.

They should do a sequel to this movie with Emma "Closet Case" Stone as Nell's daughter.

Which was more hated: "Nell" or Nell Carter?

Watching R10's link, at 1:28, I started thinking: poor Natasha Richardson. Not only dying young in a freak accident and leaving old elephant-dick Liam behind, but having to endure playing second fiddle in this Oscar-bait atrocity some years earlier. You deserve an Oscar for keeping a straight face during Rainwoman's scene in the courtroom, Ms. Richardson.

I could only endure about ten seconds of the clip at R10. I would say horrid beyond words, but R19 articulated it well.

I don't see what all the fuss was about.

It was an important film dramatizing the desperate plight of feral children with fabulous cheekbones!

Of which there are almost none, but if they do exist, I am sure they would appreciate the sensitivity of this film!

Aah keemah wotay!

Wasn't there a really awkward moment where they decide to have Liam Neeson show her his penis for some reason or did I imagine that?

“One must have a heart of stone to read the death of little Nell without laughing.”― Oscar Wilde on Dickens

Jodie's Nell doesn't die (alas), but I did laugh through the entire movie.

Aiiieeeyeurrrraugh!

I think Foster thought she was infallible during this time frame which saw her in her peak after Silence of the Lambs. I give her credit for trying but you have to laugh at Nell’s perfect teeth and skin and shes supposed to be this girl raised in the wild. Major flaw of the film was Fosters vanity at the time wouldn’t let her be less attractive as the character should’ve been.

I think she was sure the film would win her a third Oscar. The Oscar went to Jessica Lange rightly so.

Natasha Richardson deserved an Oscar for pulling off a believable Southern accent.

It was an arthouse film sold as a cinemaplex film. That means the Breeders brought the kids and they were all bored with all that jibber-jabber!

But Jodie's excellent performance deserved a better film.

P.S. You can always separate the Dummies from the Smarties by who trashes/pokes fun at Nell. Use it as a test to weed-out undesirables.

IMDB says it grossed over $100 million worldwide (on a $30 million production). Good marketing of a bad movie.

My ex wanted me to go see it and I said no thanks. When he came back I asked how it was and he said I want my two hours back.

I saw it with a cousin whose taste in movies was the opposite of mine. We alternated picking movies to go to together, and "Nell" was her choice. When we left the Cineplex she said, "I loved it. What did you think?" I said. "I get an extra pick to make up for that one."

I thought it was great at the time due to Jodie Foster being in it and she could do no wrong then.

I've never seen it again since.

I just remember the trailer that ended with Nell saying "Amen-buh Meh" which I think translated to "remember me". It was mildly touching.

R6 is Kevin Spacey.

r24 they were swimming, and Nell, trained by her mother to fear men as rapists, was for the first time touching a man’s shoulders, chest, arms...

IIRC Neeson’s character would’ve put a stop to it but the female psychologist/sociologist encouraged him to let Nell explore.

I played the role of the female doctor in the theatre play that the movie was based on. The movie version fucked everything up.