24.3.07
Nell
Nell – 1994
A girl is brought up in isolation by a strange old lady deep in woodland, North Carolina. She speaks her own language, a sort of distortion of english, and has no idea of the modern outside world. After the old lady dies, the existance of the child is discovered by Dr Lovell played by Liam Neeson. He soon becomes very protective of Nell (a passionate and beautiful performance by Jodie Foster) and seeks to keep her at peace in her own environment, but it is inevitable her unique existance will soon gain the wrong kind of interest from others. The acting is superb throughout, and the story captivating and emotional. I was quite surprised with the nudity from Foster. I did not realise she had gotten nude in a film before. Most well-known actresses do at some stage I guess, but it's clear Foster put all she had into this character and the nudity is essential (and, yeh she has a nice little body...ah-hem). A great film. Not watching this film makes you suck sweaty swollen fat man balls. 9/10
