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Storyline

A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship.

Released

2006-12-25
Revenue

$49,814,392
Budget

$15,000,000
Runtime

1hr 32m
Genre

Drama, Romance
Status

Released
Language

English, Français
7.4
Production

Fox Searchlight Pictures, DNA Films, UK Film Council, BBC Film, Scott Rudin Productions, Robert Fox Productions, Ingenious Media

Crew

Richard Eyre

Director

Patrick Marber

Screenplay

Robert Fox

Producer

Keywords:

adultery infidelity friendship based on novel or book obsession blackmail seduction stalker teacher love loneliness conservative relationship art extramarital affair angry antagonistic audacious condescending

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Cast

Judi Dench

Barbara Covett

Cate Blanchett

Sheba Hart

Bill Nighy

Richard Hart

Andrew Simpson

Steven Connolly

Phil Davis

Brian Bangs

Michael Maloney

Sandy Pabblem

Juno Temple

Polly Hart

Max Lewis

Ben Hart

Joanna Scanlan

Sue Hodge

Julia McKenzie

Marjorie

Shaun Parkes

Bill Rumer

Tom Georgeson

Ted Mawson

Emma Kennedy

Linda

Syreeta Kumar

Gita

Wendy Nottingham

Elaine Clifford

Tameka Empson

Antonia Robinson

Leon Skinner

Davis

Debra Gillett

Lorraine

Barry McCarthy

Dave

Adrian Scarborough

Martin

Jill Baker

Sheba's Mother

Diana Berriman

Marcia

Alice Bird

Saskia

Benedict Taylor

Eddie

Miranda Pleasence

Eddie's Wife

Jonathan Speer

Vet

Stephen Kennedy

Mr. Connolly

Derbhle Crotty

Mrs. Connolly

Catherine Drew

Newsreader

Anne-Marie Duff

Annabel

Kevin Hudson

Teacher (uncredited)

Gabrielle Brooks

Choir Member (uncredited)

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Reviews for Notes on a Scandal

A Review by badelf 6

Written by badelf on 2012-08-04

This is one of those films like a great pasta dish where everything is just right but somehow you still don't feel the restaurant is justifi... read more

A Review by FilipeManuelNeto 9

Written by FilipeManuelNeto on 2023-02-26

**Lust, loneliness and bitterness in an engaging film with two great actresses.** I was very impressed with this film, which combines two... read more

**Lust, loneliness and bitterness in an engaging film with two great actresses.** I was very impressed with this film, which combines two huge and very talented actresses and a script full of tension and very well developed. It's not something new or original, and there are a lot of relatively tense films that are set in a school environment. I can quote one that I saw recently, and that I remembered while watching this film: “The Children’s Hour”. Alright, the movie is about a hypothetical lesbian relationship between teachers, it's a different kind of scandal than what we have in this movie, but somehow it came to my mind. It is not an award-winning film, but it was nominated for two BAFTA, three Globes and four Oscars. Moreover, it was a competitive year, with several great films competing. The script is very loosely based on a real case in which a female teacher had a sexual affair with a minor student. The situation is scabrous and criminal, despite the fact that it is also a type of frequent sexual fantasy to be found. However, the film is not about that, but about the tortuous relationship between the young teacher and an older colleague, who discovers the secret. Lonely, bitter, critical, psychologically unstable, with serious problems relating to other people and, eventually, a strongly repressed lesbian, the elderly woman creates an abusive relationship where she subjugates and blackmails her supposed friend, mercilessly manipulating her to obtain almost exclusivity of your attention. In addition to a really good story, the film has an excellent cast and two great actresses who do a superb job. Judi Dench deserves a standing ovation for the work she leaves in this film: in addition to the sarcastic, almost cruel way in which she narrates the story, the actress was huge and impressive in the way she brought the character to life and played opposite Cate Blanchett. This one, in turn, was also very good, and does an equally good job, but it does not manage to have the magnetism of Dench. The two characters are also very different: Blanchett has on her hands a softer, more one-dimensional, less complex character than Dench, who is given more challenging, more complicated material, and a character who is really challenging to play convincingly. Despite being young, and having a minor role in the film, I also enjoyed Andrew Simpson's contribution. Technically, it is a discreet film, with excellent cinematography, with dark notes of great skill, which help to thicken the tense environment in which the film develops. With good sets and costumes, but within the predictable, and a relatively good soundtrack that was composed by Phillip Glass (not as good as the one he made in other films, however), the film is discreet, but competent, and gives us excellent production values.

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A Review by badelf

This is one of those films like a great pasta dish where everything is just right but somehow you still don't feel the restaurant is justified charging $21.95 for a plate of noodles and tomato sauce. The direction is top notch, Cate Blanche...