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Notes on a Scandal (2006) -- 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.
Notes on a Scandal (2006) -- Clip: You belong here with me
Notes on a Scandal (2006) -- Interview: Cate Blanchett "On her Character, Shelba's, Loneliness"
Notes on a Scandal (2006) -- 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.
Notes on a Scandal (2006) -- 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.

Overview

User Rating:
7.6/10   24,367 votes
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Director:
Richard Eyre
Writers (WGA):
Patrick Marber (screenplay)
Zoe Heller (novel)
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Release Date:
5 January 2007 (Canada) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
One Woman's Mistake Is Another's Opportunity... more
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. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 35 nominations more
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(27 articles)
10 Most Underrated Young Actresses
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10 Most Underrated Young Actresses
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User Comments:
Brill, Dark, Witty....and "Marvelously Judi Dench/Cate Blanchett" more (244 total)

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Also Known As:
Chronique d'un scandale (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Escándalo (Argentina) (Venezuela) [es]
Ühe skandaali märkmed (Estonia) [et]
Aru sukyandaru no oboegaki (Japan) [ja]
Diario de un escándalo (Spain) [es]
Diario di uno scandalo (Italy) [it]
Imerologio enos skandalou (Greece) [el]
Notas Sobre um Escândalo (Brazil) [pt]
Notatki o skandalu (Poland) [pl]
Paljastavat merkinnät (Finland) [fi]
Skandal (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Tagebuch eines Skandals (Germany) [de]
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MPAA:
Rated R for language and some aberrant sexual content.
Runtime:
92 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital

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Cate Blanchett and Bill Nighy have both appeared in productions of The Lord of the Rings. Blanchett played Galadriel in the Peter Jackson films, while Nighy played Sam Gamgee in the BBC Radio broadcast. Both productions also featured Ian Holm. more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: When Sheba is rampaging through Barbara's house in search of her journal, you can see a crew member in the mirror behind her as she goes to sit. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Barbara Covett: [voiceover of Barbara writing in her diary] People trust me with their secrets. But who do I trust with mine? You, only you.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Funky Kingston more

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92 out of 126 people found the following comment useful.
Brill, Dark, Witty....and "Marvelously Judi Dench/Cate Blanchett", 27 December 2006
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Author: screenwriter-14 from United States

NOTES ON A SCANDAL is a Judi Dench "triumph" of brilliant wit, pain and a satanic passion for a woman out of reach in Cate Blanchett. Her "Judas" to her supposed friend and fellow teacher is an acting performance which will land Ms. Dench right back in "Oscar country". Too bad it is in the same year as Helen Mirren's magnificent "Queen" as Dench gives a show here in NOTES ON A SCANDAL that leaves you quite breathless to the last and final scene and fade out.

Patrick Marber delivers a deliciously wicked, witty and crisply written script in NOTES, and it only enhances his reputation for giving an audience a story well developed and with characters that you can't take your eyes off on the screen. His writing in CLOSER was so brilliant and clever, but in NOTES ON A SCANDAL he hands Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett words that are zingers and with a strong blend of anger, pain and humor. Please, Patrick, gives us another film quickly! The "teacher/student" romance was well developed and the chemistry between the two actors was believable and very sexual, and one could understand the youthful passion delivered by a young man with a strong mind and body. I did at times have to listen carefully to the young actor's lines, but he delivered them like a pro.

In the weeks ahead, I anticipate a "roar from the crowd" for this very dark and witty Judi Dench performance and who knows, she may upset "The Crown" in the end come Oscar time.

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