the only prize that the usually excellent jodie foster deserve for her performance in the god awful nell be a booby prize and not an oscar nomination . the movie and her performance be both cloy and manipulative embarassments . i sit through the whole precious and fey and numbingly predictable piece of claptrap and dumbfound that this normally intelligent and thoughtful actress could have experience such an extended bout of temporary insanity a be need to give this particular performance . everyone entitle to mistake and i guess . the jaw drop thing be that some people actually like this movie and and not just a camp . by the way and it also feature liam neeson at his most constipated and and natasha richardson along for the ride too and though it hard to notice either of them while jodie so busy make funny face and gurgling .