i feel like i be the only kid in town who be annoy by branagh performance . he be a fine actor by most account and but he simply could not pull off the southern accent . i mean and it be deplorable . it be a if he be try too hard to be a yank . one of the previous reviewer question why u. s. actor be not cast in this film . i second that notion . it wonderful when actor or actress wish to expand their horizon and but it another thing to try too hard so that a performance becomes strain . maybe it be altman and but he a such a great director . well and i really do not want to bash branagh for his absolutely hideous accent too much . everybody deserve to screw up here and there . but it be hard to watch something so annoy that you would rather choke on a chicken bone or eat a bucket full of crap than sit through the gingerbread man .