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Notes on a Scandal

  • 7.4 /10

  • 952

  • 87%

Plot

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.

Cast

Judi Dench as Barbara Covett
Judi Dench

as Barbara Covett

Cate Blanchett as Sheba Hart
Cate Blanchett

as Sheba Hart

Bill Nighy as Richard Hart
Bill Nighy

as Richard Hart

Andrew Simpson as Steven Connolly
Andrew Simpson

as Steven Connolly

Phil Davis as Brian Bangs
Phil Davis

as Brian Bangs

Michael Maloney as Sandy Pabblem
Michael Maloney

as Sandy Pabblem

Juno Temple as Polly Hart
Juno Temple

as Polly Hart

Max Lewis as Ben Hart
Max Lewis

as Ben Hart

Joanna Scanlan as Sue Hodge
Joanna Scanlan

as Sue Hodge

Julia McKenzie as Marjorie
Julia McKenzie

as Marjorie

Movie Facts

Rated

  • R

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • December 25, 2006

Production Companies

  • Fox Searchlight Pictures

  • DNA Films

  • UK Film Council

  • BBC Film

  • Scott Rudin Productions

  • Robert Fox Productions

  • Ingenious Media

Production Countries

  • United Kingdom

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

  • Français

Budget

  • $15,000,000.00

Revenue

  • $49,814,392.00

Runtime

  • 1.53 hrs

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Reviews

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 Blanchett as Sheba Hart is great and Bill Nighy supporting just works. As much as I usually adore Judi Dench's acting, I thought she was a little too one-dimensiona…

**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 rem…