For Americans the dialog was next to unintelligible. The British accent overlaid with an Australian accent made most of the dialog sound like gibberish. I would say only 30% would be understood by Americans. Then the movie doesn't have much direction or point. As a result the movie BOMBED in the USA. I think it took in only about $50,000. Pitiful, just pitiful. And it wasn't from lack of advertising. Radcliffe came to the US and made the rounds of talk shows to publicize it before it came out. I am sure he expected it to be a winner. Instead it was a disaster. But Dan has recovered somewhat with My Boy Jack. This is not a big thing in the US since it is a TV drama and not a movie, but he did fine in that. He needs to make a non-Potter movie with an American accent (he can do it if he tries) so that Americans can understand him easily. He is awfully short though to be a real star. You see this when he stands beside a 6' person. He look sorta midgety.
Review of December Boys
