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The Problem with Movie Accents

2025-01-29 Entertainment
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This video essay examines movie accents in famous movies, whether they are good or bad. What makes a movie accent really unbelievable? What are the best movie accents and the worst? This video takes a close look at British, Irish, Polish and Russian accents and discusses why many international actors can do an American accent. FAIR USE NOTICE: This video may contain copyright material; the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. This material is made available under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made "fair use" for the purposes such as criticism, comment, review, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that otherwise might be infringing. All rights belong to its owners. Music Used: Snappy by Jonathan Boyle (Licensed via Shutterstock) Here Come The Raindrops by Reed Mathis (YouTube Audio Library) Under The Sun by Everet Almond (YouTube Audio Library) Desert Caravan by Aaron Kenny (YouTube Audio Library) BoogieBounce by Drew Banga (YouTube Audio Library) Tiptoe Out the Back by Dan Lebowitz (YouTube Audio Library) Blue Dream by Cheel (YouTube Audio Library) I Have a Reservation by TrackTribe (YouTube Audio Library) Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 3:20 Bad Accent Examples 7:44 Denzel Washington in Gladiator 2 12:13 Good Accent Examples 14:30 Good and Bad Irish Accents #gladiator2 #movieaccents #videoessay

Top Comments (10)

@thegunslinger1363 2025-01-29

Christian Bale does such a brilliant American accent. I'm always taken aback when I hear his real accent. Another great example of this is Antony Starr.

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@kripposoft 2025-01-29

I'm Swedish and it's always weird hearing an exaggerated German accent when a "Swedish" character is speaking english.

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@bradkeyes7184 2025-01-31

If you thought Cate Blanchett was a rare case of an American actor getting an Irish accent right, she fooled you twice—she's Australian. ;-)

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@HarmFlo 2025-01-29

I miss the person I was before I found out about Denzel's British accent.

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@chainsawsubtlety9828 2025-01-29

Anyone who has watched TV or movies knows that the ancient Romans spoke 'The Queen's English' with a posh, London accent.

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@solanumlycopersicum5594 2025-03-17

"John Malkovich is annunciating too much when doing an accent." My man, John Malkovich emphasizes every word of every sentence in every performance he has ever done.

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@GeneralKenobi69420 2025-02-25

"I'm walkin eeeere" -Caesar, probably

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@ricardomurillo5205 2025-05-08

Overdoing anything is wrong. I once played a drunkard, and my (awesome) director told me to not speak like I'm drunk, but speak like a drunk trying very very hard to act normal. It was difficult but so much funnier and realistic.

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@CYB3R2K 2025-04-13

Al Pacino got away with murder with that awful Cuban accent in Scarface, sounds NOTHING like a Cubano, but nobody cared...

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@queenAaliyah3000 2025-05-09

It's crazy that your favorite Irish accent is the one that sounds most like a leprechaun 17:49 😂

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