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Albert Nobbs
Five-time Academy Award nominee Glenn Close stars in this emotional and thought-provoking tale of a woman forced to live as a man in 19th Century Ireland. After thirty years of keeping up the charade, a new love threatens to destroy everything she's worked so hard to build.
Glenn Close's gender-bending 'Albert Nobbs' poster
Albert Nobbs

Glenn Close has the right facial structures and the acting talent for a perfect transformation into a man. Everything about the movie was dark, dreary and lifeless, even Albert's face appeared plastered into position, like an ivory sculpture. Yet, the trailer appealed to my sympathetic emotions, through Albert's wide-eyed goodness and fragile appearances. I wanted to watch and root for this old underdog to succeed, until I saw the scenes with her and the maid. More »