Review of Albert Nobbs (2011) by Lahaine — 26 Dec 2011
Albert Nobbs feels like a forgotten film, that was dusted off and pulled straight from the 90's (no offense to the 90's). The premise of a woman taking extreme measures to survive in the World is an intriguing one, but the writers, director (and whoever else had creative input) went absolutely no where with it.
The love triangle was trite and the film itself was tonally void. The movie starts of well with establishing plot and character, but spirals down to blatant predictability, and something absurdly anti-climatic.
Glenn Close seems to be heading for an undeserved Oscar nomination for her stiff performance as Nobbs 'himself', and an even worst nomination for the song she wrote for the film. I must admit McTeer did good work with what she was given, but the movie falls flat.
It wasn't necessarily awful, but it was very unimportant, and incredibly ordinary.
This review of Albert Nobbs (2011) was written by Lahaine on 26 Dec 2011.
Albert Nobbs has generally received mixed reviews.
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