Watched Notes On A Scandal last night. It is everything Little Children wishes it was. But it kind of has mature themes, I think. The only mature thing was that it was about a woman who has an affair with a 15-year-old boy who looks like he's 20. There weren't any love scenes! Oh and it's a British movie.
So since I love the movie so much, here's a recap! I was reading the reviews at the back of the DVD cover and what they said about it is totally true. It has lust, greed, anger, jealousy, guilt and betrayal. Well, it's about this old lonely spinster, Barbara (played by Judi Dench), who is a strict teacher nobody likes. So there's this new Art teacher called Sheba (played by Cate Blanchett) and they become friends. So the narrator is Barbara who narrates what she actually writes in her diary. So Barbara is kind of fixated with Sheba and they become friends. Sheba invites Barbara to her house for lunch and she meets Sheba's family and notes that she deserves a better family blah blah blah because her husband is old as hell and she has a son who's Down Syndrome.
Then during the school assembly, Barbara couldn't find Sheba so she goes to her room to find her. She peeks into the window and finds Sheba making out with one of the students. So the next day Babs calls Sheba to confront her about the student. Seriously, Barbara is a bitchy old coot who just manipulates people! I love it! So Sheba tells her that the student is good in art and he was seeking for extra lessons and he has a crush on her and she has a crush on him but she drew the line. Then the student started following her around and she gave in to her temptations. Sheba promises to end the affair because she'll get arrested.
So everything is fine and all except for the fact that Sheba didn't end the affair like what Barbara advised her. So when Babs comes to her house she sees the young perv and he was calling her handphone and Babs realised that the affair was still on. She's disappointed and leaves the house. So that night, Barbara finds that her cat is sick and goes to the vet the next day, and the vet tells her that the cat needs to be put down. She tells him to hold on and goes to Sheba's house to accompany her to the vet. But then Sheba's about to leave her house to go to her Down Syndrome son's school play and can't follow her. And so Barbara is mad as hell and like coldly tells her that she has to suffer the consequences.
So that night, one of the teachers went to Barbara's house to confide in her. He tells her that he has a crush on Sheba and wants her to tell her. But then Barbara tells him that she likes younger boys and tells him that there's a rumour going on that she's having an affair with a student. So the next day, the boy's mother goes to Sheba's house and seriously attacks her and calls her "bitch" and "slut" and like slaps her head. It's so realistic! That's why I like these movies! So anyway the next day the whole school knows and both Sheba and Barbara were fired. So this goes to the press and they surround Sheba's house. Sheba and husband fight so Sheba moves in with Barbara.
And then.... we realise that Barbara is a sick old coot who longs for touching Sheba's thighs when she's asleep! Seriously! So when Barbara leaves for the groceries and Sheba's left on her own in Babs' house, she finds lots of gold stars, like the ones you stick onto their students' homework. She suspects something and rummages through the house and finds Barbara's diary. She goes through the diary and finds out that Barbara is a freaking lesbo, I think! Well, she keeps Sheba's hair in her diary, as well as receipts and stuff. And Sheba finds out that there used to be another young lady who moved somewhere else and filed a restraining order against Barbara because she's just a creepy woman. So when Barbara returns, Sheba goes absolute batshit crazy and slaps her old face and continues to go crazy.
So in the end Barbara goes to the park she usually hangs out with Sheba and finds another young lady. So they befriend each other. Hope she gets a good attorney.
I totally love the movie! Rent it! Watch it! And Judi Dench should have won Best Actress instead of Helen Mirren. And Cate Blanchett seriously should have won Best Supporting Actress instead of Jennifer Hudson.