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By Siobhan Synnot (412) for Scotsman (1,471) on 22 Apr 2012

This is a sad, sweet little film; well acted, and capable of striking a universal chord…

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By Angie Errigo (463) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 22 Apr 2012

Not only sad, sad, sad but dreary and unpleasant, peopled with largely unsympathetic characters but for McTeer, who is great…

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By James Mottram (656) for The List (2,018) on 17 Apr 2012

While it's just the sort of film Hollywood likes to embrace, one can only imagine the horrific hash a studio would've made of telling this…

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By Matt Mueller (72) for Total Film (3,532) on 15 Apr 2012

Good performances, but it's difficult to give two hoots about Close's passion project when the story remains as pinched and hermetic as poor…

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By Stella Papamichael (611) for Radio Times (2,421) on 11 Apr 2012

Even with a captivating, Oscar-nominated performance by the star, the servant remains inscrutable beneath that starched collar…

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By Kelly Vance (1,015) for East Bay Express (1,012) on 03 Feb 2012

Close's craft raises the saddest of stories to the level of art…

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By Robert Roten (1,865) for Laramie Movie Scope (1,865) on 02 Feb 2012

This strange film about a woman pretending to be a man in 19th Century Ireland has some surprising twists and turns in it and some very good…

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By Ken Hanke (2,234) for Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (2,247) on 02 Feb 2012

That the film manages to be touching without being maudlin, and to be smart without being mean-spirited, is perhaps what really seals the deal…

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By Linda Barnard (586) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 02 Feb 2012

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…

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By Kate Taylor (347) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 02 Feb 2012

The film surrounding the performance is not always as strong, but the centre holds, and magnificently so…

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By Ron Wilkinson (582) for Monsters and Critics (513) on 01 Feb 2012

Bright, entertaining and touching, this re-uniting of collaborators sports lush sets and costumery and Oscar level acting by several of the cast…

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By Andrea Chase (1,182) for Killer Movie Reviews (1,182) on 01 Feb 2012

Close's performance is flawless, so much so that it's possible that she could have passed to an audience not expecting to see her in the role…

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By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 01 Feb 2012

While most of us can't identify with having to change our gender to get by, we can all feel the familiar tug of Albert's fundamental desire,…

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By Sam Adams (514) for Philadelphia City Paper (235) on 31 Jan 2012

Close can't keep the character from seemingly like a pitiable doormat, but the tears come nonetheless…

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By Anthony Lane (1,079) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 30 Jan 2012

Imagine a different film on a similar theme, with Hubert moved to center stage and García replaced by Pedro Almodóvar, for whom cross-dressers…

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By Ethan Alter (997) for Television Without Pity (337) on 29 Jan 2012

The passion the star has for the material doesn't come across onscreen…

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By Dan Lybarger (786) for KC Active (97) on 29 Jan 2012

Dustin Hoffman and Hilary Swank could pass for the opposite gender; Close can't…

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By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 28 Jan 2012

Even accepting that Close looks a bit like a fey, mummified Stan Laurel, viewers have to assume that everybody in Ireland suffers from poor…

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By Jeff Meyers (379) for Metro Times (Detroit, MI) (691) on 27 Jan 2012

Nobbs is so closed-off, so understated, that we're never given a chance to empathize with or understand him…

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By Willie Waffle (1,383) for WaffleMovies.com (1,380) on 27 Jan 2012

Close earned that Oscar nomination, and seeing the movie will convince you of it as she gives the performance of a lifetime…

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