The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

This movie is charming and beautifully done. If you didn't understand this movie, you shouldn't review it. Nell was not a "feral child" and this is not a movie about mountain people. The idiocy of people really surprises me at times. It's clear that many of the people, who reviewed this movie, have not one clue about what they watched. Nell is not Forrest Gump or anything similar to Forrest and she's definitely a real human being that did not need to be immediately institutionalized. Nell was touching and it's too bad that some of you could not grasp the depth of this story. If you haven't seen this film, please watch. Don't be discouraged by the reviewers on here who, obviously, have the brain of a turnip.

I was fortunate enough to see the original production of the play, its emotional impact was as profound as any I have experienced in the theatre. It is perhaps for this reason that I was left somewhat disappointed with this film.However, I recently looked at it again and found that it is truly a top film. Jodie Foster is a towering talent as an actor and this performance was as good or better than any she's given. Neeson and Richardson were also at the top of their game. And the story of a woman shut off from the world, and the world's perceptions of her, merely because she can't communicate to it, is profound in its implications.I should not have been surprised about being disappointed the first time. I also saw a stage production in Los Angeles of IDIOGLOSSIA and found that disappointing after the original. But this film is a wonderful film.

Mixed drama with Jodie Foster as a "wild woman", living for many years with her disabled mother deep in the woods, who is discovered by Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson. She speaks in a language they cannot understand, yet they (Neeson in particular), form a special bond with her. Eventually as publicity about ehr case grows they are induced to take her away from her natural environment, and of course trauma follows. Jodie Foster never entirely convinces as Nell, but not for lack of trying. Her character has this big courtroom speech at the end that is ridiculously written. It has some nice moments, and the three actors have genuine chemistry, but it just sorts of plods away, never really getting anywhere.

Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson play a couple of doctors who discover a wild child named Nell, a woman who's grown up completely isolated from human contact, and who as a result has developed her own language, mode of communication, etc.I can understand what drew Jodie Foster to the role of Nell, because on paper it's a serious actress's wet dream. However, the results, while earnest, are rather embarrassing. Something about the film, and Foster's performance, never quite works, and I found myself laughing at her performance, never a good sign.The whole thing is just a little too nauseating to be completely enjoyable.Grade: B-