Audience Ratings for Albert Nobbs

Plot Summary

Award winning actress Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs) plays a woman passing as a man in order to work and survive in 19th century Ireland. Some thirty years after donning men's clothing, she finds herself trapped in a prison of her own making. Mia Wasikowska (Helen), Aaron Johnson (Joe) and Brendan Gleeson (Dr. Holloran) join a prestigious, international cast that includes Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Janet McTeer, Brenda Fricker and Pauline Collins. Rodrigo Garcia directs from a script that Glenn Close, along with Man Booker prize-winning novelist John Banville and Gabriella Prekop, adapted from a short story by Irish author George Moore.

Critics Reviews for Albert Nobbs

The film surrounding the performance is not always as strong, but the centre holds, and magnificently so.
Critic Score: 3.5/5

January 27, 2012 Full Review

Kate Taylor

Globe and Mail

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.
Critic Score: 3.5/5

January 27, 2012 Full Review

Linda Barnard

Toronto Star

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