Notes on a Scandal is about something deeply unlovely in human nature rarely explored by poets, or novelists, or film-makers: the explosive combination of desire and social envy. The percentage of Approved Tomatometer Critics who have given this movie a positive review. Your score has been saved for Notes on a Scandal.

Years ago I went to see a play in a theater. At some point in the show, the grandmother character had to sweep the floor and when she. Barbara will not go to the police or the school administration but at a price.

Notes on a Scandal

When Sheba discovers the price and refuses to pay it, Barbara allows the whole scandal to boil over as an act of revenge. Facing her shame, returning home and reconciling with her husband is a life-time lesson and experience for. The plot revolves around two teachers Barbara and Sheba, played by Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett respectively. Sheba is the new art teacher who. Notes on a Scandal is a tale of lonely people, emotion having dominated reason, making bad decisions, engaging in harmful behavior, pretending friendship and affection. This is, of course, the stuff of emotional drama and the cast plays it with consummate skill.

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Barbara will not go to the police or the school administration but at a price. When Sheba discovers the price and refuses to pay it, Barbara allows the whole scandal boil over as an act of revenge. Facing her shame, returning home and reconciling with her husband is a life-time lesson and experience for Sheba.

The movie started with Judi Dench writing in her diary and saying that people trust her with their secrets and that diary was the only one she trusted with hers. Is NOTES ON A SCANDAL family friendly? The Family and Christian Guide to Movie Reviews and Entertainment News. NOTES ON A SCANDAL intentionally leaves the audience wondering if a sequel would just show another round of emotional destruction.