Albert Nobbs Reviews



  • Albert Nobbs
    • Genre : Drama
    • Release Date :
    • MPAA Rating : R
    • Duration : 114 minute(s)
    • Production Budget : -
    • Studio : Roadside Attractions
    • Official Site : http://www.albertnobbs-themovie.com/
    • Reviews Rate
      Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.

    • Readers Rate
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Movie Reviews

  • too bad the film is such a drag, unlikely to break out beyond the arthouse circuit
    by Peter Debruge [Variety ]
  • this quietly devastating film goes bone-deep
    Review rate : C by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone ]
  • the rest of the movie, sadly, can't live up to its leads
    Review rate : D by Joe Neumaier [New York Daily News ]
  • the point is to show the misery of a underprivileged woman ahead of her time, but so much dedication for such a small payoff makes you wonder why
    Review rate : D by Rex Reed [New York Observer ]
  • the movie's most affecting moment is a fantasy sequence in which Nobbs and Page don dresses and stroll through town
    Review rate : D+ by Sara Stewart [New York Post ]
  • the movie nonetheless has the slightly stiff feel of a project whose budget has been so severely trimmed
    by Ella Taylor [NPR ]
  • the movie has no tight close-ups
    by David Edelstein [New York Magazine ]
  • the complicity of these two cross-dressers provides what drive the narrative possesses
    by Todd McCarthy [Hollywood Reporter ]
  • mostly there's just a kind of soft, quiet sadness - about lives unlived, about chances lost, about loves forever unexpressed
    Review rate : C+ by Stephen Whitty [Newark Star-Ledger ]
  • goes heavy on the dramatic ironies in its final scenes, but in that one moment we finally are made to feel the thrill of not being seen at all
    3 of 4 by Ty Burr [Boston Globe ]
  • flavored storyline has its own peculiar appeal
    Review rate : D+ by James Berardinelli [ReelViews ]
  • explores the complications with a light and sensitive touch
    Review rate : C+ by A.O. Scott [New York Times ]
  • emotions so close to the vest that it's hard to care about this stoic character
    Review rate : C+ by Claudia Puig [USA Today ]
  • despite all the attention to detail, the character never overtakes the actor on screen
    Review rate : D by Betsy Sharkey [Los Angeles Times ]
  • close's prosthetic makeup renders her face too immobile, a marked contrast with her unfixed accent
    by Melissa Anderson [Village Voice ]
  • a damp little trifle, a sketchbook of gestures, a parade of period costumes and domestic details
    Review rate : B- by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly ]
  • Reviewed by Mary F. Pols [TIME Magazine ]

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