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Dominican Rep. Notes on a Scandal
- Original title
- Notes on a Scandal
- Year
- 2006
- Running time
- 92 min.
- Country
United Kingdom- Director
- Screenwriter
- Patrick Marber. Novel: Zoë Heller
- Cast
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Judi Dench
Cate Blanchett
Bill Nighy
Andrew Simpson
Phil Davis
Michael Maloney
Juno Temple- Max Lewis
Joanna Scanlan
Julia McKenzie
Shaun Parkes
Tom Georgeson- Emma Kennedy
- Syreeta Kumar
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Psychological Drama. Schools & University. Gay & Lesbian
- Synopsis
- Barbara Covett (Dame Judi Dench) is a veteran and cynical schoolteacher who is close to retirement. She is barely tolerated by her less brilliant and acerbic colleagues who know nothing about her private life which consists mainly of taking care of Portia, her aging cat, and spending countless hours alone. The only means she has found to take the edge off her desperate loneliness is writing in her journal. When Sheba Hart (Cate Blanchett), a younger, attractive woman, joins the faculty as an art teacher, Barbara watches her from afar and has nothing but caustic things to say in her diary about her clothing and her care-free manner. Despite her disdain for this woman, Barbara finds herself reaching out to her. Sheba responds by inviting her to dinner at her house to meet Sheba's lecturer husband (Bill Nighy), who is twenty years her senior, and their two children, a sexy and rebellious 16-year-old daughter and a younger boy with Downs Syndrome.
- Awards
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2006: 4 Nominations for Oscar, including Best Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Music2006: 3 Nominations for Golden Globe: Best Actress, Supporting Actress, Screenplay2006: BAFTA Awards: 3 Nominations, including Best British Film and Actress (Dench)2006: Toronto: Best Actress (Cate Blanchett)2006: New York Film Critics Circle: Nominated for Best Actress (Judi Dench)2007: British Independent Film Awards (BIFA): Best Screenplay & Best Actress (Dench)
- Critics' reviews
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"Dench and Blanchett will likely pick up Oscar nominations; no one could improve on either performance."
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"Arguably the year's most entertaining art-house film."
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"I can't remember a film that sees the here and now more precisely, one that offers total believability in the tone and motive of its characters and then goes further, showing us a whole and completely recognizable world."
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"'Notes on a Scandal' is a nice mug of poisoned eggnog for the holiday season -- a movie so smart and entertaining you almost don't feel its chill sicken your bones."
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"The riveting interplay between Dench and Cate Blanchett draws blood with every scene, thanks to a precision-honed script and Eyre's equally incisive direction."
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"It's a poison bonbon tastier than just about anything else out there."
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- Ranking Lists Position
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- 52 My Top 10 Movies from 2006 (59)
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