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Notes on a Scandal
MEANRANK
75/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1406
- IMDb #1280
- Rotten Tomatoes #1090
- Metacritic #1000
- Letterboxd #1540
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1336
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1329
- Metacritic Critics #1182
- Metacritic Audience #800
- Criticker #987
- Kinopoisk #2078
- AlloCiné #2163
- Trakt #2200
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Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 58, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 87.
See the most agreed on films →A veteran history teacher at a comprehensive school strikes up a friendship with a new, younger art teacher. She soon discovers her new friend is having an illicit affair with one of her students. The older teacher uses this knowledge to manipulate and control the relationship, blurring the lines between friendship and obsession.
Details
- Director
- Richard Eyre
- Writer
- Patrick Marber
- Based on
- Notes on a Scandal by Zoë Heller
- Released
- 25 December 2006
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English, French
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $15.0M
- Box office
- $49.8M
- Awards
- 1 win, 4 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 5 →1 win from 5 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| 79th Academy Awards 2007 | Best Actress | Judi Dench | Nominee |
| 79th Academy Awards 2007 | Best Original Score | Philip Glass | Nominee |
| 79th Academy Awards 2007 | Best Supporting Actress | Cate Blanchett | Nominee |
| 79th Academy Awards 2007 | Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay | Patrick Marber | Nominee |
| National Board of Review: Top Ten Films 2006 | National Board of Review: Top Ten Films | Winner |
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5 awards — Notes on a Scandal
×| Best Actress | Judi Dench | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Philip Glass | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Cate Blanchett | Nominee |
| Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay | Patrick Marber | Nominee |
| National Board of Review: Top Ten Films | Winner |