Review of Albert Nobbs (2011) by Angela B — 13 Apr 2012

Gotta love my college's media arts center! Saw it at an extremely low cost, and it wasn't entirely bad. A sad film that would make you think a lot... I didn't understand why Albert Nobbs couldn't not live as a man, and why she (or he) had to love the maid who's apparently not interested, wasting all those years she's suffered.

But then I realized it's 'cause after thirty years of living as a man, she genuinely believed, til her last breath, that she was a man. She was confused. She had forgotten what it's like to be a woman.

She wanted to marry the maid 'cause she thought she was truly a man, and she really did love her. Although it might seem kinda pointless, it did give me food for thought. Glenn Close portrayed Albert Nobbs brilliantly, I find it a little creepy she played it too much like a man.

And my favourite is deffo Hubert, played by Janet McTeer who also appeared in Woman in Black (but I had no idea). She made a handsome lad.