Directed by Rodrigo Garcia and co-written by Glenn Close, the film stars Close, Janet McTeer, and Mia Wasikowska. Nobbs is a woman posing as a man in 19th century Ireland, so that she can work as a waiter in a luxury Dublin hotel. For thirty years, she has been struggling in the lie that she is living, saving any money she can and hiding it under the floor of her room so that someday she can reinvent her life on her own terms. When a handsome housepainter (the wonderful McTeer), a woman also posing as a man, enters her life, Nobbs begins to gain the confidence she needs to change her life -- one that ideally involves a young maid from the hotel (Wasikowska). The film is a criticism of the harsh conditions that women had to live under in the 19th century, and is very effective in that way. The acting is wonderful as well, and although Close gives a subtly impressive performance, the scene-stealer is the excellent McTeer. The rest of the film was stiff and dry; I wasn't moved by it. Nevertheless, it was, if nothing else, a historically interesting little film.
Should you see it: Sure, why not?
Grade: C+
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