I guess Sophie (Rosanna Arquette) is supposed to be a French accent, barely. What about Janni (Kevin Pollak)? Sounds gut

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beautiful__disaster — 19 years ago(October 01, 2006 11:16 PM)

seriously. she did not do her homework.

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dio52 — 19 years ago(October 02, 2006 03:15 AM)

it's a comedy. her accent is supposed to be over the top.

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mtetraul — 19 years ago(December 28, 2006 04:58 PM)

not only was arquette's accent over-the-top.. it was downright painful to listen to. also, the accent of the mob boss is inconsistent and annoying.

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unreal_boy4924 — 16 years ago(December 17, 2009 07:49 PM)

Says who? You? Okay Mr I-know-everything-about-comedies

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abzurd — 18 years ago(August 02, 2007 07:59 PM)

Apparently, the production hired a dialect coach but she said she didn't need one.

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DelightfulVegetables — 19 years ago(January 13, 2007 01:27 PM)

I agree. I know a girl from Quebec that comes down and visits every summer, we're very close. Her accent is very similar to Sophie's in the movie. I could be wrong, it's been a couple months since I've heard a French-Canadian accent.
The weird thing is that Sophie looks and acts EXACTLY like my friend. Even the things she says "You're secret's safe with me, sexy!" I laugh so hard at that part.
You can take your little white loafers
and
walk out the door!

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abzurd — 18 years ago(August 02, 2007 08:01 PM)

I don't know where your friend is from, but around Montreal, where the action takes place, nobody has an accent like that.
I mean, it's totally random, not even French.

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priestpilot — 17 years ago(April 28, 2008 05:45 PM)

Even though I've been speaking English since I was like 8, I apparently have a slight French Canadian accent. I am not from Qubec, but I don't sound anything like that! I do have cousins from Qubec, but they don't sound anything like that when they try to speak English. Like you said abzurd, it's not even Frenchrandom is a better way to put it! I am horrible at accents though, I do a terrible British or American accent! It sounds random as well lol.

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abzurd — 18 years ago(August 02, 2007 07:58 PM)

Well, she tried a French Canadian accent. But she failed miserably.

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viroo_wonder — 17 years ago(June 03, 2008 12:54 PM)

ok, it's not THAT bad! It's a little too France french than it should be but it's not that bad. My mom, when she tries to talk in english sounds mostly like that, and we're from quebec. I think it depends from a person to another. Accent differ from a person to an other , so there, anyway, it's just a movie ,no need to get crazy about it either!

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tincel1372 — 16 years ago(November 08, 2009 11:26 PM)

It says it's supposed to be Hungarian.

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ImGergely — 9 years ago(January 25, 2017 03:21 PM)

As a Hungarian, I can say it's not that bad most of the time for a Hungarian accent as I didn't notice the harsh Slavic accent they usually use instead of a Hungarian one. The word /jm/ sounds close to what a Hungarian child would read for Jimmy except for they'd read /jmm/. But no grown-up would say that as there's no such a Hungarian name, only Imre or Imi /m/ and Jnos or Jani /jn/. Also "ye know I got this same car[e]" /ker/ or "don't blong" were something we would not only not say, but hardly understand. If you want to fake a Hungarian accent, use the word auto instead of car /kr/ and use "don't [/dont/ with a hard t and no diphthong] be for too much" instead of "don't stay long". No diphthongs, v instead of w, d and t instead of and (th), and always emphasize the first syllable of /of/ every word.