Notes on a Scandal
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Movie Reviews of Notes on a Scandal
Movie Review: Blanchett and Dench are quite a team!! A must see movie!
Summary: 5 Stars
Mrs. Sheba Hart (Blanchett) is a new art teacher at a rough London school. She had returned to teaching after ten years looking after her son who has Downs Syndrome. She then meets Miss Barbara Covett (Dench), a lonely woman who is not well liked by her peers at the school. A friendship is formed between the two women, but Barbara ends up saying unkind things about Sheba in the back of her mind. Sheba then ends up having a forbidden sexual affair with a 15-year old student named Steven Connolly (played by Andrew Simpson). After a while, the affair gets out of hand to where the boy's mother finds out about it, and then Sheba gets heat from her husband and daughter, and Barbara gets heat from the school headmaster for not doing anything to stop the affair. As the story unfolds, we learn that Barbara is not a good friend for Sheba. We also find out that Barbara had a failed friendship with a woman who left the school because of her. This movie is worth watching and must be in your movie library. Kudos to Blanchett and Dench for their roles.Movie Review: GREAT ACTING BY TWO GREATS
Summary: 5 Stars
I believe it is a known fact that Dame Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett are two of the best current actresses in the business today. In this 2006 film "Notes on a Scandal" they are at the top of their form giving searing performances with Dame Judi as the diary writing, bitter, older,cat loving spinster and sexually frustrated Barbara Covett and Cate Blanchett as the "doe in the headlights", gentle and somewhat naïve Sheba Hart. They really do "burn up the screen" when gentle Sheba (Cate Blanchett) finds out what exactly Barbara Covett (Dame Judi) is (was) up to and what her real motive(s) have been under the guise of friendship--a desire for love and/or lust.
"Notes on a Scandal" is one of the best films that I've seen primarily because of the tremendous performances of Dame Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett--my god, they are good.
If you want proof that great acting does still exist, get this film.
Movie Review: SOOOOOO Good!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is SO good! Sitting on the edge of your seat so good! I found myself comparing it to Dolores Claiborne and Misery - without the Kathy Bates. Judi Dench will just have to do.
The twists and turns in the plot are remarkable, the acting outstanding. I hate to spoil it by going into too much detail - but suffice it to say two women become inextricably entwined emotionally in their own secrets; trapped in their own desperation by their own manipulation and deceit.
This movie doesn't make anyone look good. All of the characters are flawed, desperately human. By the end, I didn't like any of them - but I DID want to see what they were going to do next.
It was creepy. It made my skin crawl. I loved it.
Dolores Claiborne
Movie Review: Notes on a Scandal
Summary: 5 Stars
Barbara Covett (dench) is a long-time teacher at a British school. She lives with a cat for companionship, and is a somewhat bitter woman. When Sheba Hart (Blanchett) takes a job at the school, she and Barbara become friends. One night, after a Christmas play at the school, Barbara sees Sheba and 15-year old Steven (Simpson) in a compromising situation, and decides to see how she can use this to her advantage.
"Notes on a Scandal" is a great pshychological thriller. The story is, for the most part, unpredictable. Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett give top notch performances, and the scenes with the two of them together are the best parts of the movie. Dench's manipulative Barbara is particularly excellent. Although the subject matter of "Notes on a Scandal" may put some people off, I found it to be a pleasant surprise, and I highly recommend it.
Movie Review: Good People Doing Bad Things
Summary: 5 Stars
Dench and Blanchette are amazing...as usual. Their acting chops are far better than most actresses and to watch these amazing talents battle it out is great.
The movie is not a "happy movie." Blanchette has an affair, though she doesn't know why. Her husband, played expertly by Bill Nighy, tells her, FIND OUT! Though that is not the point of the picture. This film never tries to explain why good people do bad things. It just shows you what they do and the consequences they reap.
Patrick Marber is a phenom when it comes to play and script writing. This is a top notch screenplay. Not something epic or overstated, but something showing of these characters complexities.
It was a delight for me to watch and I recommend it to any one ready to watch a movie with some major talent and hard-hitting emotion.