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.
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 19 wins & 39 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
What you feel, watching Close, is not that you are watching gender being bent into new, absorbing shapes but that you might as well have stayed home and leafed through a book on Magritte.
– Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
30 Jan 2012
rotten:
A movie that, like its title character, never quite dares to let itself discover what it really wants to be.
– Dana Stevens,
Slate,
30 Jan 2012
fresh:
Albert is at the heart of it all and we see her through her own prism of vulnerability, resulting in a very human story about the search for love, acceptance and understanding of the self.
– Linda Barnard,
Toronto Star,
2 Feb 2012
fresh:
The film surrounding the performance is not always as strong, but the centre holds, and magnificently so.
– Kate Taylor,
Globe and Mail,
3 Feb 2012
rotten:
The grim, grey-hued result is about as far from contemporary drag chic as it's possible to get - appropriate for the subject matter, perhaps, but hardly the stuff of satisfying cinema.