Albert Nobbs Reviews

I wasn't really sure what to expect from this  movie but, since I always had a weak spot for Glenn Close, I thought I might as well check it out. First of all, I can't remember the last time I saw her playing the lead so it was really neat to see this fine actress finally at the center of this story, just like in a good old days. On top of that, she really rocked that performance and earned a well deserved Academy Award nomination in the process. Unfortunately, it's just too bad the movie itself was not really good, I'm afraid. Indeed, even though the concept had potential, it seemed that they actually struggled to develop a decent story around it. The main issue I had, I guess, was that even though you feel bad for Albert Nobbs, this character was just so oblivious about what happened around him/her, as a result, it was still rather difficult to really care about what happened to him/her. I mean, the whole love triangle with Mia Wasikowska and Aaron Taylor-Johnson was just so doomed and pathetic but their own plan of trying to get some money from this guy was not much better either. Eventually, the fact that all the characters were rather unlikeable certainly didn't help either. To conclude, even though it didn't really work, in spite of its flaws and thanks to Glenn Close's performance, I still think it is worth a look though.

A little disturbing but it was a good movie none-the-less. VEry sad tale.

Albert Nobbs struggles to survive in late 19th century Ireland, where women aren't encouraged to be independent. Posing as a man, so she can work as a butler in Dublin's most posh hotel, Albert meets a handsome painter and looks to escape the lie she has been living.

Albert Nobbs is a woman, dressed as man who serves as a butler, known for being meticulous, alert and mannered. Albert meets another woman (Hubert Page) dressed as a man who is serving as a painter and his little life changes.

In the first half of the movie I was generally happy since Glenn's performance was great. She knows how to capture audience and story progresses at a good pace. We get to know all the cast and I liked this whole intro better than "remains of the day" movie where we had similar situations (though Anthony was really a man) and that movie was quite boring and uptight. (Note: Both movies are very different from each other).

But then when we get to the middle of the movie Everything instead of going up went downhill. The performances are great but I couldnt get my head around certain things and those just kept bugging me.

That all started when Albert visits Hubert Page and meets his/her wife Cathleen. They both acted as wife and husband and I kept thinking how is it possible? I mean I was hoping to get the fact acknowledged that Cathleen knows Page is a woman but she doesn't. I then hoped that may be this is a lesbian couple which also didn't get acknowledged so that left me quite confused. Seriously wouldn't Cathleen know Page is a woman? I couldn't wrap my head around it.
And this identity crisis repeats itself again but let's not go into spoilers cause that would be one.

Over all, beautiful performances, very good costumes, cinematography is beautiful but since at one point you can't wrap your head around certain things it all goes downhill for me at least. so 6/10. (would have been 4 but performances were cool)