NOTES ON A SCANDAL IS 2006 BRITISH DRAMA/PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER FILM DIRECTED BY RICHARD EYRE, WRITTEN BY PATRICK MARBER AND PHILIP GLASS SCORED THE SOUNDTRACK. THE FILM STARS JUDI DENCH, CATE BLANCHETT, AND BILL NIGHY. IT'S ABOUT 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.
THE FILM RECEIVED POSITIVE REVIEWS, MANY CRITICS PRAISING DENCH AND BLANCHETT'S PERFORMANCES AND THEY ULTIMATELY WENT ON TO BE NOMINATED AT THE OSCARS FOR BEST LEAD ACTRESS AND SUPPORTING ACTRESS RESPECTIVELY. MARBER WAS NOMINATED FOR BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY AND GLASS FOR BEST ORIGINAL SCORE.
I THOUGHT THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY BORING FILM BUT APPARENTLY AGAINST ALL ODDS, IT PROVED ME WRONG. THE FILM AND SCREENPLAY ARE BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED. WE CAN'T ARGUE WHOSE PERFORMANCES ARE BETTER BETWEEN DENCH AND BLANCHETT BECAUSE THEY BOTH COMPLEMENTED EACH OTHER, AND IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT THEY DELIVERED ONE OF THE BEST PERFORMANCES. WATCHING THIS FILM REMINDS ME OF BEYONCE AND ALI LARTER'S FIGHT IN OBSESSED. THIS ONE, THOUGH, IS DIFFERENT, BLANCHETT AND DENCH DIDN'T NEED TO FIGHT, THEY COULD JUST STARE AT EACH OTHER AND LET THE HATRED AND ALL THE EMOTIONS OUT, THAT'S WHY THEY BOTH ARE A-LIST ACTRESSES.
I WOULDN'T ABLE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN DENCH AND BLANCHETT BASED ON THEIR CHARACTERS. BARBARA (DENCH), AT ONE MINUTE, SHE COULD BE REALLY NICE AND KIND AND EASY GOING BUT AT ANOTHER MINUTE, SHE BECAME A SELFISH MONSTER. SHEBA (BLANCHETT), SHE'S THAT KIND OF PERSON WHO WILL GO CRAZY AND DEPRESSED WHEN SHE FOUND OUT HER OWN UGLY TRUTH. IN ANOTHER WORD, SHE IS WEAK AND YET SHE COULD FOOL YOU WITH HER ''STRENGTH''. CAN I JUST SAY THAT PHILIP GLASS IS A GENIUS COMPOSER, I LOVE HOW FILM COMPOSERS REALLY GIVE THEIR 100% EFFORT ON THEIR WORKS.
THIS FILM DEFINES ART AND I LOVE IT.
8/10 OR POSITIVE REVIEW.
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