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Old 07-27-2009, 01:40 PM   #61
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I'm assuming Matilda as in, the Roald Dahl story with the telekinetic girl... i do recall that movie being more or less up to par.
Reset in America though.
Yes, I know it's a side-effect of it being a big movie, but Dahl is celebrated here. It's tough to hear his voice in a foreign accent, when you grew up hearing it local. (Okay, I'm cheating here - Fantastic Mr Fox was read to us by Sister Kathleen in a Cork accent )
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Old 07-27-2009, 02:14 PM   #62
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Reset in America though.
Sort of. It retained Dahl's sensibilities quite well, I thought. I suspect it felt about as British to me as it felt American to you.
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