Tagebuch eines Skandals (2006)

Tagebuch eines Skandals: Directed by Richard Eyre. With Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Tom Georgeson, Michael Maloney. A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her fifteen-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new “friend” also go well beyond a platonic friendship.

“NOTES ON A SCANDAL is a Judi Dench u0026quot;triumphu0026quot; of brilliant wit, pain and a satanic passion for a woman out of reach in Cate Blanchett. Her u0026quot;Judasu0026quot; to her supposed friend and fellow teacher is an acting performance which will land Ms. Dench right back in u0026quot;Oscar countryu0026quot;. Too bad it is in the same year as Helen Mirrenu0026#39;s magnificent u0026quot;Queenu0026quot; as Dench gives a show here in NOTES ON A SCANDAL that leaves you quite breathless to the last and final scene and fade out.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ePatrick Marber delivers a deliciously wicked, witty and crisply written script in NOTES, and it only enhances his reputation for giving an audience a story well developed and with characters that you canu0026#39;t take your eyes off on the screen. His writing in CLOSER was so brilliant and clever, but in NOTES ON A SCANDAL he hands Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett words that are zingers and with a strong blend of anger, pain and humor. Please, Patrick, gives us another film quickly! The u0026quot;teacher/studentu0026quot; romance was well developed and the chemistry between the two actors was believable and very sexual, and one could understand the youthful passion delivered by a young man with a strong mind and body. I did at times have to listen carefully to the young actoru0026#39;s lines, but he delivered them like a pro.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn the weeks ahead, I anticipate a u0026quot;roar from the crowdu0026quot; for this very dark and witty Judi Dench performance and who knows, she may upset u0026quot;The Crownu0026quot; in the end come Oscar time.”