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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   22,979 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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(16 articles)
Books: Review: The Believers
 (From The AV Club. 25 March 2009, 10:00 PM, PDT)

Books: Review: The Believers
 (From The AV Club. 25 March 2009, 10:00 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
tense twisted story more

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Additional Details

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
Company:
BBC Films more

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Trivia:
Cate Blanchett, Judi Dench and Anne-Marie Duff have all played Queen Elizabeth I. Cate in Elizabeth (1998), Judi in Shakespeare in Love (1998) and Anne-Marie in "The Virgin Queen" (2005). more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Brian comes to Barbara's house and they sit at the table, Barbara smokes a cigarette which in one clip has been smoked by a third, but in the next shot of her the cigarette looks like it's just been lit. 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 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2007) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Fit But You Know It more

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17 out of 19 people found the following comment useful:-
tense twisted story, 25 February 2007
7/10

Certainly a very stylish drama, riveting and brilliant, rising above the modern-day thrillers due to stunning performances of two very gifted actresses. It's both dramatic and funny, Judy Dench and Cate Blanchett are delicious and so talented that they turn a misanthrope cat and mouse game into a politically correct entertaining account. This strong emotional battle is not only something about teacher-student sex, it's also an obsessing blackmail. Without exaggerating it could be deemed "memorable", as revelations abound, tempers flare all the time and every single confidence is shared. Never boring and deep.

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I get this with alot of films johnoinspace
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37yr old simulating sex with a 16yr old? asanal
Anyone have/had a real-life love affair with a teacher? WellMeetInOurDreams
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