Albatross - review

Emelia Conon-Doyle is a free spirit. Living with her grandparents following the death of her mother, Emelia spends her time hanging out at the beach with her boyfriend & enjoying her freedom, but takes a step towards responsibility when she gets a job as a cleaner at a local B&B, The Cliff House.

A welcome distraction to the uptight family who run the accommodation, Emelia is soon hanging out with Beth, the eldest daughter who spends most of her time revising for A-Levels in the hope of gaining entry to Oxford University. But Emelia’s presence doesn’t go unnoticed by the rest of the family. While mum Joa invests her spare time in taking youngest daughter Posey to auditions in the hope of living her past showbiz career through her, head of the family Joseph offers Emelia creative writing lessons when she says she wants to become a writer.

As a one-time best seller, Joseph is holed up in the attic trying to replicate his past success, but with twenty years having past since and complete writers block, he’s stuck and isolates himself from his family. But when Emelia comes along she provides the perfect distraction and the pair are soon having an affair in between writing lessons.

With the belief that she has a famous relative, Emelia wants to prove that she can too be a writer, but when her life begins to crumble and she loses hope in all that she knew, it’s up to Emelia to show that she’s more than just her surname.

Starring Jessica Brown-Findlay of Downton Abbey fame, this coming of age drama was a good watch which was set against the beautiful backdrop of the Isle of Man. Although in places I wasn’t really sure whether I should be laughing or not, I’m glad I watched it after wanting to see it since it was released in 2011.

I really enjoyed this movie.