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January 5, 2007

Dench, Blanchett wring drama from one-note story

By DAVID GERMAIN
AP Movie Writer

Notes on a Scandal

Director: Richard Eyre

Cast: Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Bill Nighy, Andrew Simpson

Rating: R for language and some aberrant sexual content

Running time: 91 minutes
It's hard to go wrong when you match up two of the world's finest film actresses on opposite sides of a twisted psychological drama about a lonely, looney spinster preying on the soul mate she thinks she's finally found.

“Notes on a Scandal” is the pure-class take on “Single White Female,” allowing Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett to melt into their roles as London teachers whose friendship carries a dangerous underpinning.


 
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