Review of Albatross

Albatross (2011)
9/10
Enjoyable and Moving Film (Review contains SPOILERS)
14 December 2011
Warning: Spoilers
The story centers round the lives of the two girls Emelia played by Jessica Brown Finlay and Beth played by Felicity Jones both extremely beautiful girls, Jessica bears striking similarity to both Megan Fox and Rachel McAdams. Emelia is a girl whose live is filled with bittersweet moments she works in The Cliff House the B&B owned by Beth's parents as a cleaner while living with her grandparents and her grandmother suffers from Alzheimer's. Emelia has a daring and fun approach to life while being sarcastically funny on the way. However she finds comfort in the fact that she believes she is related to the author Conan-Doyle who wrote Sherlock which she mentions on numerous occasions. She goes on to have an affair with Beth's father the struggling writer which makes you feel is due to her lack of a father figure in her life. This part is very well played by Jessica Brown Findlay who is not only beautiful but a talented actress. What really struck me was the scene in which Emelia questions her Grandfather played by the wonderful Peter Vaughan about if her surname is really Conan-Doyle the emotion is very moving to say the least and its a pivotal scene in the film where Emelia starts anew and becomes happy in her life, that everythings going to be OK.

Beth is a studious girl, quiet and composed. She sees Emelia as both a friend and a role model to her. Beth wishes she could be daring and bold like Emelia. She is sandwiched between her bickering parents played by Julia Ormond as the pushy mother and Sebastian Koch her struggling writer father. The hilarious Oxford Scenes were brilliant with Beth and Emelia letting loose (Beth looses her virginity). There is a OMG moment when you're left hanging waiting for the pregnancy test and you ask the question Is her life now ruined? What is she going to do? A part also well played by Felicity Jones and contrasts well to Jessica's Emelia performance the both compliment each others performance.

The scenery is breathtaking the sunsets lights the film and fits the mood that trying to be put across and the theme of the film e.g. The girls are ending one chapter of the their lives and entering another. The ending was OK but I felt the could of shown a lot more, but overall I liked this film a lot my congratulations to Cast,Crew,Producers an Director. A very good film
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