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Actors: Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Bill Nighy
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Notes on a Scandal |
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The movie is about two women who start an affair. Where Barbara Covett senses an attraction towards Sheba also finds out her secret and becomes the keeper of her secret. This movie is also known as “Notes From a Scandal”, “What Was She Thinking?” and is rated R for language and some aberrant sexual content.
Judi Dench plays the role of Barbara Covett, who is a history teacher at a rough-and-tumble London boys' school. Barbara has been at that school far too long, cultured dragon lady who inspires fear and grudging respect but she snaps at one point. Obviously Barbara hates the little beasts and doesn't think much of the grown-ups as well.
Sheba is happily married to a professor named Richard role-played by Bill Nighy; they have a teenage daughter (Juno Temple) and a young son (Max Lewis) with Down syndrome. Sheba despite having her family, finds herself drawn towards a student named Steven (Andrew Simpson), who is only a 15-year-old boy.
Barbara finds out Sheba's secret affair and blackmails her with "Notes on a Scandal", Sheba wants only to be young again and Barbara wants is something more than a friend. Sheba is a fool and the movie is totally insane.
--Faiza Iqtidar, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Notes on a Scandal |
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Plot
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Kind of sex:
- LESBIANS!!!!!!
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- teacher/professor
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- natural phenomena
Setting
United States
Yes
Misc setting
- school
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- in awe
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Is this movie based on a
- book
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