Notes on a Scandal
for language and some aberrant sexual content.
| Moral Rating: | not reviewed |
| Moviemaking Quality: |
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| Primary Audience: | Adults |
| Genre: | Thriller Adaptation |
| Length: | 2 hr. 1 min. |
| Year of Release: | 2006 |
| USA Release: |
December 27, 2006 |
What does the Bible say about adultery? Answer
What’s wrong with being gay? Answer
Homosexual behavior versus the Bible: Are people born gay? Does homosexuality harm anyone? Is it anyone’s business? Are homosexual and heterosexual relationships equally valid?
What about gays needs to change? Answer
It may not be what you think.
How can I deal with temptations? Answer
What are the consequences of sexual immorality? Answer
| Featuring | Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Bill Nighy, Alice Bird, Andrew Simpson |
| Director |
Richard Eyre |
| Producer | Redmond Morris, Scott Rudin, Robert Fox |
| Distributor |
 Fox Searchlight Pictures, a sister company of 20th Century Fox, a division of The Walt Disney Company |
Nominated for best “Adapted screenplay” AND actress Judi Dench nominated for an Academy award for best “Performance by an actress in a leading role”
“One woman’s mistake is another’s opportunity.”
Here’s what the distributor says about their film: “When Sheba Hart (Cate Blanchett) joins St. George’s as the new art teacher, Barbara Covett (Judi Dench) senses a kindred spirit. But Barbara is not the only one drawn to her. Sheba begins an illicit affair and Barbara becomes the keeper of her secret. NOTES ON A SCANDAL is a story of loneliness, loyalty, envy and love.”
Extremely Offensive / 1
“Notes on a Scandal” is not a movie for everyone. As a matter of fact, it’s not a movie for most. But in my opinion, it really showed the world as it is. There is no sugarcoating; it’s all raw truth. What really made me want to watch the movie was its interesting title. Knowing nothing about it, I started watching. Now obviously, if you know the rating, it is rated R partly because of aberrant sexual content. A female teacher in her thirties has a sexual relationship with a sixteen year old boy. This part of the plot definitely raised a lot of questions in my mind, and I started wondering whether it really is always the teachers fault? The boy persued her quite a lot.
Another aspect to the movie’s plot line is the fact that over this period of time when this female teacher is having an affair with this boy, she also befriends another teacher at the school. This teacher is an elderly woman, who though at first seems innocent, later uses blackmail and other devices to try to start a relationship with this woman. These two facts (a. having a relationship with a student and b. and elderly woman feeling sexually attracted to another woman and later trying to blackmail her in order to start a relationship) are both rather sick things, and bothered me as a viewer.
I wouldn’t watch this movie again, but I would say that it does open your eyes and show you that things aren’t always as they seem.
My Ratings: Very Offensive / 4