Notes on a Scandal
Dvd release date: 04/17/2007
Starring: Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett
Director: Richard Eyre
Category: Drama
Rated: R
Exclusive includes “Notes On A Scandal” and Bonus Item. “Notes On A Scandal” - Academy Award(R) winners Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett give wickedly entertaining, Oscar-nominated performances - one as a woman consumed by her colleague’s guilty secret, the other, a victim to her own dark obsessions - in this sexy, stylish thriller. Dench mesmerizes as Barbara Covett, a teacher who rules over her classroom with an iron fist, yet leads a desperate, solitary life outside it. That is, until she meets radiant new art teacher Sheba Hart (Blanchett). Although at first overjoyed with her newfound kindred spirit, when Barbara discovers that Sheba is having an affair with a teenage student, her jealously and rage spiral out of control. (Publisher)
Summary of critic ratings:
Chicago Tribune: *** (out of four)
New York Post: ***1/2 (out of four)
Rolling Stone: *** (out of four)
USA Today: *** (out of four)
Overall: *** (out of four)
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