Top 10 worst Irish accents on film

Terry

http://www.irishcentral.com/ent/Top-10-Worst-Irish-Accents-on-Film-2800.html

There are youtube links in the article to the offending pieces of work.

Here's the best: http://www.irishcentral.com/ent/Best-Irish-Accents-on-Film--2799.html

Rebel021

Tom Cruise in far and away is the worst for me

Elmo

For me it was the girl in The Decent (who is actually Irish). The character was a sterotypical hyperactive mad Irish girl who had to say Fúúk sake every two mins :rolleyes:

Thundercats Ho

Boondock Saints.
(the one about the 2 irish brothers) havent seen it in years, but im fairly sure one had a derry accent and the other a dublin one.

A7X

Brad Pit in snatch

Captain-America

Joe Viterelli, the guy who played Gwyneth Paltrow's father in Shallow Hal.

The Mad Hatter

In fairness to Connory's accent in Darby O'Gill, it's not as bad as his acting.

I love the way he takes punches like they're thrown three feet in front of him, or forgets which way he's supposed to be looking by the bedside.

Thundercats Ho

The Mad Hatter wrote: »

In fairness to Connory's accent in Darby O'Gill, it's not as bad as his acting.

I love the way he takes punches like they're thrown three feet in front of him, or forgets which way he's supposed to be looking by the bedside.

For she is my dear, my darlin' one, her eyes are sparklin' full of fun, no other, no other could match the likes of her..........

Mossy Monk

Can I include the entire cast of Heroes who resided in Cork. Sweet Jesus they were bad accents.

Terry

Mossy Monk wrote: »

Can I include the entire cast of Heroes who resided in Cork. Sweet Jesus they were bad accents.

I think was films, but they certainly do rank up there as the worst ever. Especially the dude from Enterprise.

Terry

A7X wrote: »

Brad Pit in snatch

I hate doing double posts when multi post is available, but sometimes I forget.
Anyway, He got a vote as one of the best for snatch.
Anyone who has ever me a traveller knows that the accent he portrayed was off. It was close in parts, but never hit the mark properly.

laura l

i couldn't get over how "diddly eye" the put on Irish accents were in "PS, I Love You", especially given as it is supposedly set in present day Ireland.

i really liked "The Wind that Shakes the Barley" but the Cork City accents on the boys playing hurling at the beginning cracked me up, seeing as they were supposed to be from West Cork!

KeyLimePie

The cork accents in heroes, most atrocious things ever

S.I.R

that movie with harrison ford and the ira in America.... so bad i cant remember the name of it...

WindSock

Jon Voight (Angelina's Da) in The General was good.

Gryzor

Pierce Brosnan in anything where he's cast as irish...

UpTheSlashers

A7X wrote: »

Brad Pit in snatch

Didnt think he was too far off, and was hilarious anyway!

Anyone remember that guy in the Simpsons movie?

And the recent Paddy's day episode was disgraceful

CamperMan

A7X wrote: »

Brad Pit in snatch

the film was fu¢king brilliant, that is pikey language he is speaking and pulls it off OK!

Lollipops23

Terry wrote: »

I think was films, but they certainly do rank up there as the worst ever. Especially the dude from Enterprise.

that guy is actually irish though!colm meaney!!

i reckon the irish accents in PS I love you were the worst, they all sounded like leprechauns.

have to say though, kate hudson was superb in About Adam.really spot on.

S.I.R

UpTheSlashers wrote: »

Didnt think he was too far off, and was hilarious anyway!

Anyone remember that guy in the Simpsons movie?

And the recent Paddy's day episode was disgraceful

i agree 110 %, bono shoulda been killed imho

mental07

Julia Roberts in 'Michael Collins' for the lose.

K4t

S.I.R wrote: »

that movie with harrison ford and the ira in America.... so bad i cant remember the name of it...

The Devil's Own.

mental07 wrote: »

Julia Roberts in 'Michael Collins' for the lose.

She ruined that film and didn't even get her tits out as compensation. Disgraceful person.

keano_afc

Tom Cruise is worth a mention, but the worst I've seen/heard in a long time in Richard Gere in the Jackal. Cringe cinema.

A7X

Terry wrote: »

I hate doing double posts when multi post is available, but sometimes I forget.
Anyway, He got a vote as one of the best for snatch.
Anyone who has ever me a traveller knows that the accent he portrayed was off. It was close in parts, but never hit the mark properly.

Aye, totally off in my opinion. I mean there were Irish actors around him and that emphisised it even more.

A7X

CamperMan wrote: »

the film was fu¢king brilliant, that is pikey language he is speaking and pulls it off OK!

Yeah the film was good but all he was doing was mumbling with a crap irish accent.... oh wait