Her heart. Her soul. Her language are a mystery... A mystery called Nell
In a remote woodland cabin, a small town doctor discovers Nell — a beautiful young hermit woman with many secrets.
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Character
Earnest, grave, contemporary and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
Who loves it, who doesn't
40 profiled raters. Loved most by The Sinceres; disliked most by The Genre Devotees.
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“Would Nell hit harder if it came out today rather than in 1994?”
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Cast
- Jodie FosterNell Kellty
- Liam NeesonDr. Lovell
- Natasha RichardsonDr. Paula Olsen
- Richard LibertiniDr. Paley
- Robin MullinsMary Peterson
- Nick SearcySheriff Todd Peterson
- Jeremy DaviesBilly Fisher
- O'Neal ComptonDon Fontana, Lovell's Attorney
- Joe InscoeJudge
- Stephanie Dawn WoodRuthie Lovell
Crew
- Michael AptedDirector
- William NicholsonScreenplay
- Mark HandleyScreenplay
- Dante SpinottiDirector of Photography
- Mark IshamOriginal Music Composer
- Jim ClarkEditor
- Jodie FosterProducer
- Renée MisselProducer
- Graham PlaceProducer
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Pairings
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Similar in taste
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The Madison 202683% alikeSeries · Both earnest, contemporary, grave.
Those Snow White Notes 202182% alikeSeries · Both earnest, grave, classical in form.
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