Great Movie Almost Spoilt by Silly Cockney Accent

Rating: 7/10 (11 October 2012)

I am sure we all remember the travesty of Dick Van Dyke's attempt at a cockney accent in Mary Poppins? It seems that Don Cheadle went to the same school of acting and continually confused an Australian accent with cockney. Why on earth bother, and why did they not employ a real Londoner (cockneys very hard to find now) who would at least be credible? I know this film is over 10 years old and maybe things have improved, but just needed to vent my spleen. The movie is however very watchable and apart from the aforementioned, there are good performances by all
Need another few lines, so only reason watching now this is that we just came back from Las Vegas and spent a happy evening at the Bellagio. Also interesting to know that George Clooney has a villa close to Bellagio on Lake Como in Italy.