Dustin Hoffman was sloppy with his accent

Rating: 8/10 (4 February 2005)

I was very disappointed with Dustin Hoffman's performance in this film. Why would a fine actor like Hoffman be so lazy as not to work on his accent for this period piece?
The story sets in england, but he sounded contemporary American! has he lost his desire to be an artist or was he just plainly sloppy and lazy? It just spoils the believability of the film.
it really bothered me when Johnny Depp was talking in his proper accent and dustin Hoffman responds in his American accent. i can't believe the director didn't bother to correct that. am i the only person that feels this way? in a way, it's so selfish on the part of Hoffman. everybody works so hard to maintain the proper accent (it's not easy!) and he ruins everybody's efforts by not doing it. it just ruins the scenes!