I can't say I was all that impressed with this film, the chief reason being that I kept focusing on the accents in the film. What boggles my mind is why a filmmaker would go to such extremes to make sure everything LOOKS right (costumes, production design, etc), but your actors SOUND like mid-westerners. Reading the liner notes that came with the DVD, DiCaprio even went so far as to take etiquette lessons to make sure his mannerisms were fitting for the time, and yet he doesn't even seem able to curl his R's. But then, Randall Wallace is a hack director AND writer - the man behind the dreck that is Pearl Harbor and We Were Soldiers. So I place the blame more on his shoulders than on anyone else's. One thing I found interesting is how fitting it is to have Peter Sarsgaard playing John Malkovich's son - they sound EXACTLY alike and their facial features are strikingly similar, too. Byrne, Irons Malkovich and Depardieu and good as usual, but their performances can't save this sinking ship