Does it have homosexuality issues?

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Quick answer = Yes.

While there is some question as to whether Mr. Nobbs himself is gay or no, there is little room for doubt concerning Hubert Page and his wife.

In the scenes where Mr. Nobbs joins them for supper, Hubert and Kathleen appear to be a very loving couple.

No, there is none of the typical left-wing H'wood preaching. It's handled with subtlty and without the in-your-face tripe that we're used to seeing in movies.

Just my $0.02.


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Homosexulity seems to be at the heart of this movie, although it is rather ambiguous. At first, I thought these women were posing as men due to economic necessity; later, it seems that "Mr." Page is definitely in a gay relationship (although she had been married to a man prior to this). She even explains to Albert later that they can't be together because they are not in love with one another. Albert's sexuality is even more ambiguous because he/she does not seem to be sexually attracted to the young woman or to Page, but rather wants her for companionship and to be less lonely. I really don't get her character.

What I found annoying was that Hubert "turned" Lesbian because of the violence of her "first" husband. That's a bit of a movie staple: men = BAAAAD, have to get my love from a sensitive, caring woman.




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