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“As the book by Zoe Heller was such a well written...”

Written on: 05/03/2011 by Ebee93 (3 reviews written)

As the book by Zoe Heller was such a well written peice, it was almost ready to become a film, and with two powerful female leads set to play the main characters Sheba and Barbra, i held this film in high expectations. Although i was not under the influence the film would be true to the book as a whole, i was highly disappointed by the lack of similar events. From the very first scene the film has changed itself so far from the book that it is a completely different film. Dench and Blanchett... (read more)

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Written on: 23/07/2007 by degbert (120 reviews written)

If Dench was the all-seeing, dominant and assertive Matriarch as M in Bond, then she is surely the diametrically opposed character in Notes On A Scandal; furtive, obsessive and ultimately unpleasant spinster - Barbara Covett. Hers is a life of social desolation and her first-person commentary, acting as a beautiful narrative, splendidly illustrates the bleak emptiness of her existence. Her blind fury at young people, the education system, life in general, is so utterly realistic, you find... (read more)