I hate to be too harsh about this film but I didn't really like it. Maybe I
had built up in my mind a different kind of film. The premise is great: a
butler working at a Dublin hotel in the 1800s is in fact a woman in disguised,
saving her money for the day she as a he can afford a tobacco shop. The first
half of the film is wonderful with a mix of entertaining characters that are
easy to care about. Then the story turns sour and I spent the rest of the film
fighting with it, wanting it to be something the writer never intended it to
be. Glenn Close and McTeer act their chops off as women dressed as men and
deserve the Oscar nominations they received. It's a fine looking film with
excellent production design and decent directing. I just wish the end result
left me glowing instead of moody. Grade: C+
Spoilers: If it weren't such a well-made film technically I would have given
it a C-. I felt the ending was just really depressing and unnecessary. I don't
have problems with sad films. I just think a film needs to leave you satisfied.
This one didn't.
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