Watch: Notes on a Scandal 2006 123movies, Full Movie Online – Bitter, cynical, and lonely Barbara Covett (Dame Judi Dench) is a tough and conservative teacher, near to retirement, who is loathed by her colleagues and students. In the loneliness of her apartment, she spends her spare time writing in her journal, taking care of her old cat Portia, and missing her special friend Jennifer Dodd. When Sheba Hart (Cate Blanchett) joins the high school as the new art teacher, Barbara dedicates her attention to the newcomer, writing sharp and unpleasant comments about her behavior and clothes. When Barbara helps Sheba in a difficult situation with two students, the grateful Sheba invites her to have lunch with her family. Sheba introduces her husband and former professor Richard Hart (Bill Nighy), who is about twenty years older than her; her rebellious teenager daughter Polly (Juno Temple); and her son Ben (Max Lewis), who has Down’s Syndrome. Barbara becomes close to Sheba, but when she accidentally discovers that Sheba is having an affair with fifteen-year-old student Steven Connolly (Andrew Simpson), Barbara sees the chance to manipulate and get closer to Sheba, hiding the secret from the school headmaster. When Portia dies and Sheba does not stay with Barbara in the veterinary office to see Ben in a theater play, Barbara plots a Machiavellian revenge against Sheba, creating a scandal and consequent turmoil in their lives..
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.
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Front Row at the Opera
Watching the emotionally intense black comedy, “Notes on a Scandal,” you, too, may feel like its main character, Barbara, who reflects in one of her many voice-overs, “The opera has begun and I have a front-row seat.” Directed by Richard Eyre (“Iris,” “Stage Beauty” and the exceptional TV version of “Suddenly, Last Summer” with Maggie Smith and Natasha Richardson), “Notes” bravely wades into modern-day Grand Guignol as the tension between its two female stars heads inevitably toward a showdown.Patrick (“Closer”) Marber’s melodramatic screenplay cleverly makes use of Barbara’s voice-overs as she scribbles in her diary and makes jaded, bitter observations about the world around her. Abundant voice-overs usually point toward shortcomings in a drama, but here they provide irony and serve to enhance the dialog.
In her juiciest role since “Mrs Brown,” Judi Dench brings an element of sympathy to Barbara, a closeted, self-loathing lesbian school teacher attracted to the new art teacher, Sheba, played by Cate Blanchett. Madly hoping to wrest the heterosexual Sheba from her husband and two children, one of whom has Down Syndrome, Barbara stumbles upon Sheba’s sexual dalliance with a 15-year-old student. In a Machiavellian turn, Barbara hopes to manipulate Sheba by maintaining her secret . . . with strings attached. Need I add that all does not go well?
In fact, escalating histrionic fireworks ensue. Blanchett holds her own in this emotional and physical battle royal, capping her incredible year (2006) that also included outstanding performances in “Babel” and “The Good German.” As Sheba’s husband, Richard, Bill Nighy also comes through with a powerhouse performance. The moody score by Philip Glass is icing on the cake.
At a tidy 92 minutes, “Notes on a Scandal” is highly concentrated and vivid. The recently announced Golden Globe nominations include Dench, Blanchett and Marber, so we can expect Oscar nods as well.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 32 min (92 min)
Budget 15000000
Revenue 49814392
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Crime, Drama, Romance
Director Richard Eyre
Writer Patrick Marber, Zoë Heller
Actors Cate Blanchett, Judi Dench, Andrew Simpson
Country United Kingdom
Awards Nominated for 4 Oscars. 15 wins & 74 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix DTS (Digital DTS Sound), SDDS, Dolby
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Arricam LT, Cooke S4 Lenses, Arricam ST, Cooke S4 Lenses
Laboratory DeLuxe (prints), Technicolor (color)
Film Length 2,505 m (Sweden), 2,507 m (Portugal, 35 mm)
Negative Format 35 mm (Kodak Vision2 500T 5218)
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm