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Notes on a Scandal

DramaRomance

Directed by Richard Eyre

A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship. From TMDB

51 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, TMDB reviews, Mastodon) · newest Oct 4, 2026 · last updated Oct 9, 2026 · How this works

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Notes on a Scandal is a 2006 drama romance film, directed by Richard Eyre, starring Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett and Bill Nighy.

  • 42 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, TMDB reviews, Mastodon
  • posts span Aug 4, 2012 to Oct 4, 2026

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  • Cinefeast33 (demon version) 📽📺📚 @cinefeast33.bsky.socialBluesky · May 14, 2026

    You know & love her, star of epic BORDERLANDS & RUMOURS, Cate Blanchett celebrates birthday 5/14/69. 🤣 She's allowed dud or two! Modern royalty! 8 Oscar nods: 99 Elizabeth 04 Aviator (w) 06 Notes on a Scandal O7 I'm Not There 07 Elizabeth: Golden Age 13 Blue Jasmine (w) 15 Carol 22 Tar #filmsky 📽

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  • Cinefeast33 (demon version) 📽📺📚 @cinefeast33.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 9, 2025

    Happy Birthday, legend Judi Dench, 12/9/34. Degenerative eye sight keeps her sidelined, but impressive body of theater, TV & film endures. 8 Oscar nods 97 Mrs Brown 98 Shakespeare in Love (win) 00 Chocolat 01 Iris 05 Mrs Henderson Presents 06 Notes on a Scandal 13 Philomena 21 Belfast #filmsky 📽

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  • Cinefeast33 (demon version) 📽📺📚 @cinefeast33.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 27, 2025

    #NowWatching NOTES ON A SCANDAL (2006). Director: Richard Eyre. Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett. Another film I haven't seen since theaters. While I don't remember this being wholly successful, Dench & Blanchett squaring off is a sight to behold. And their bad behavior is delicious! #filmsky 📽

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  • Vanessa Nguyen Hernández @vanessamtl.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 14, 2024

    I’m rewatching Notes on a Scandal. I first saw the movie when I was a teen and thought “aww poor Cate Blanche she’s going through a midlife crisis”. Rewatching it as an adult I’m like she has lost her fuckin’ mind!!!! Judi Dench gives a stellar performance!

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  • Pedro @canhenha.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 10, 2026

    My favorite film performances from the 2000s. Cate Blanchett, Sheba Hart, "Notes on a Scandal" (directed by Richard Eyre). #movies #films #notesonascandal #richardeyre #cateblanchett

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  • Pedro @canhenha.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 9, 2026

    My favorite film performances from the 2000s. Judi Dench, Barbara Covett, "Notes on a Scandal" (directed by Richard Eyre). #movies #films #notesonascandal #richardeyre #judidench

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  • Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 21, 2026

    Do straight people remember NOTES ON A SCANDAL? It’s only Judi Dench’s 21st most popular film on Letterboxd (below HOME ON THE RANGE and above THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK) and every single review of it on my friends tab on the app is from a homosexual man.

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  • Keith Goulette 🎃 @keithgdesigns.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 9, 2025

    Need to rewatch Notes on a Scandal soon, man that movie rips 😮‍💨🤌🏼

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  • The morally corrupt John Devlin @johndevlin78.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 8, 2025

    Choose 30 of your favorite LGBTQ films of all time. One film per day for 30 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just posters or covers. Day 2: Notes on a Scandal #FilmSky #Moviesky #Pridesky

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  • So Mayer @suchmayer.northsky.socialBluesky · Jun 22, 2026

    Notes on a Scandal is a lesbophobic piece of crap, but it is passably a film. Kissing Jessica Stein -- which buried New Queer (USian) Cinema by mainstreaming non-threatening white gays -- is barely even a Sex & the City / Will & Grace episode.

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  • Judi Daily @damejudidenchdaily.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 28, 2025

    Judi Dench Notes on a Scandal, 2006 with Cate Blanchett clip: tayryn *gods, both Dame Judi and Cate are fabulous in this movie!! #JudiDench #NotesOnAScandal #CateBlanchett

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  • Luna *Cate, JCormer, Rooney, Saoirse and Vanessa Era* @mysticalluna.bsky.socialBluesky · May 5, 2026

    The third entry into my May project of rewatching all Eight oscar nominations of Blanchett this month took me to 2006's Notes On A Scandal, a film that needed a rewatch and man.. it fully delivered and my #Letterboxd review is linked. #FilmSky boxd.it/efh0Wb

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  • Judi Daily @damejudidenchdaily.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 27, 2025

    Judi Dench Berlinale International Film Festival, 2006 Notes on a Scandal Red Carpet Photographer: Michael Kappeler #JudiDench #BerlinaliInternationalFilmFestival

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  • Seen here on bluesky @seenkeady.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 26, 2025

    Whoa this is just like that movie, Notes on a Scandal

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  • Brian Transplant @briantransplant.comBluesky · May 26, 2025

    And I love movie titles that say what they are. Snakes on a Plane. Clown in a Cornfield. Notes on a Scandal. Wait. Strike that last one.

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  • jackiebrownnow.bsky.social @jackiebrownnow.bsky.socialBluesky · May 20, 2025

    I absolutely adore Cate Blanchett, she is always brilliant. And it has Dame Judi Dench to?! Notes On a Scandal (2010) May 16th: LGBTQ Actor, Director, or Character over 55 #Bales2025FilmChallenge #Bales2025MovieChallenge #Filmsky #moviesky 🎬🎥

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  • Heather Stewart @heatherjstewart.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 24, 2024

    Oof. Tough. The Prestige is my third favourite film ever so that for sure. Pursuit of Happyness (the scene where he gets the job breaks me every time). Notes on a Scandal. And then probably The Devil Wears Prada or The Departed.

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  • Simon Taylor @simon-taylor.netBluesky · Sep 8, 2024

    📽️ Movie Challenge 2024 - Week 36 Watch a movie about a school subject. This week I watched movies featuring art, drama and music, and two movies set in a school. To Sir, with Love (1967) Baltimore (2023) Opening Night (1977) Notes on a Scandal (2006) Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)

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  • Jason @jxsxpx.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 4, 2023

    My brain is so rotted that when you got to the "cast the co-nominees with Hepburn in a potential movie, I immediately went: "Keaton and Hepburn in August: Osage Country and Streep and Hepburn in Notes on a Scandal." 🥴

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  • Thomas Kellar @thomaskellar.eurosky.socialBluesky · Jul 10, 2026

    NOTES ON A SCANDAL is a film where Cate Blanchett somehow manages to play a role where literally everyone thinks she’s hot.

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  • Judi Daily @damejudidenchdaily.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 19, 2026

    Judi Dench Notes on a Scandal, 2006 Photo credit: DNA Films *I love this movie! #JudiDench #NotesonAScandal

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  • Martin Anderson @handle.invalidBluesky · Jan 1, 2026

    I quite enjoyed the Stranger Things finale. The only thing that threw me slightly was recognising music from another movie, one whose soundtrack is a particular favourite of mine. “Notes on a Scandal” by Phillip Glass

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  • Gaia Jane @gaiajane.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 25, 2025

    Okay controversial opinion: Notes on a Scandal is the best Christmas movie ever

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  • Stan the Movie Man @stanthemovieman.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 20, 2025

    A lack of judgment by one teacher is seen as an opportunity by another in the film "Notes on a Scandal." We discussed it on #ComedyTragedyMarriage and you can subscribe, rate and review wherever you get podcasts including #Spotify spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/ZZWkYTSlTRb #STMM

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  • Eggs and Rulers @heradasha.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 13, 2025

    I once stopped watching a movie because the Phillip Glass score was too intense. (Notes on a Scandal - disturbing subject matter, so Glass nailed it. But I still haven't finished it.)

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  • muriel 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @murielrshv.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 3, 2025

    Movie 9/2025: Notes on a Scandal (Richard Eyre, 2006). I KNOW. The 'evil lesbian' trope is so tiring but this film is so good (and heartbreaking). Fireworks from start to finish with Dench, Blanchett and oh ... Bill Nighy! Seen countless times. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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  • Movie The Needle @mtnmoviepod.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 5, 2024

    I was drawing a complete blank on “Notes on a Scandal” when playing the Movie Pyramid game today, could not think of the title no matter how hard I tried!

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  • Gillian Gaar @gilliangaarwriter.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 13, 2024

    I saw the film Notes on a Scandal & enjoyed it. So I read the book. I felt the book was far better. The film changed the book's ending; if you change the ending, you didn't really understand the point of the book. Though I'm glad I saw the film; otherwise I wouldn't have discovered the book.

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  • alsoMike @alsomike.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 4, 2026

    Rewatched Notes On A Scandal. Spectacular movie.

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  • K.Flynnx (St.) @kflynny369.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 23, 2026

    I found there were bits that were unintentionally funny. I won’t give any spoilers though. Loved the other film you mention. Notes on a Scandal. The book is great too.

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  • John @gemiston.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 20, 2026

    www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/... In the film Notes on a Scandal, Judi Dench portrays a profoundly lonesome and deliciously vile history teacher named Barbara Covett, who becomes obsessed with Bathsheba Hart, the new art teacher (played by Cate Blanchett).

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  • Judi Daily @damejudidenchdaily.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 12, 2026

    Judi Dench Notes on a Scandal, 2006 with Cate Blanchett clip: tayryn *I love this movie! #JudiDench #NotesOnAScandal #CateBlanchett

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  • doctorjdove.bsky.social @doctorjdove.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 28, 2026

    Obituary Robert Fox Film and theatre producer who made The Audience the starting point for The Crown, and was behind Another Country, The Lady in the Van, Iris and Notes on a Scandal www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ma...

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  • ⚜️🌊Tyreen BaconSkin🌊⚜️ @baconskingirl.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 25, 2025

    Thank you for the correction!!! I saw his face in my head and knew he was Bill but I confused him with the Science guy 😂 He truly is a fantastic actor… you know he was in Notes on A Scandal with Cate Blanchett and Judi Densch??? That was a great movie too!!

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  • Unnamed Crypid @gardencryptid.bsky.socialBluesky · May 28, 2025

    Day 10 of 30: Notes on a Scandal (2006) Spoilers, I guess, but I went into this movie blind, and wasn’t expecting an old sociopath falling in love with a pedophile 😬 It’s not a bad movie, but wow everyone is just the worst. 3/5⭐️ #30DaysOfPride boxd.it/28Zu

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  • Stan the Movie Man @stanthemovieman.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 19, 2025

    Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett play teachers on opposite ends of their careers and an affair in the 2006 film “Notes on a Scandal.” It’s the subject of the new #ComedyTragedyMarriage, available wherever you get podcasts including #Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/2gaA... #STMM

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  • Stan the Movie Man @stanthemovieman.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 18, 2025

    Tonight on #ComedyTragedyMarriage, Maude and I cross the pond for the British psychological drama thriller "Notes on a Scandal." Subscribe, rate and review wherever you get podcasts including #Spotify open.spotify.com/show/1v6ji3S... #STMM

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  • Stan the Movie Man @stanthemovieman.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 17, 2025

    One teacher is keeping a close eye on another in the 2006 film "Notes on a Scandal" on the next #ComedyTragedyMarriage coming Tuesday to wherever you get podcasts including #Spotify open.spotify.com/show/1v6ji3S... #STMM

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  • craft-theory.bsky.social @craft-theory.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 11, 2025

    Watched the movie Notes on a Scandal today. How did I miss seeing this when it came out?? So good & amazing performance from Dench & Blanchett.

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  • Bean @bbbbene.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 26, 2025

    Notes On a Scandal is an insane film

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  • Chris Alders @chrisalders.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 11, 2025

    Here is the score from the 2006 film, Notes On A Scandal, composed and conducted by Philip Glass. Enjoy! #Films #Movies #AcademyAwards #RogerEbert #TIFF #Cannes www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjRc...

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  • cat lady 🐈 @jazzcartier.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 7, 2025

    Notes on a Scandal is an absolutely insane movie & I love it.

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  • Nicholas Yenson 朱偉仲 @nicholasyenson.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 17, 2024

    NOTES ON A SCANDAL is a Christmas movie

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  • b. weird @watchwithweird.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 29, 2024

    LOL i love the idea of Notes on a Scandal for what i'm planning, that's hilarious This is a fascinating list because it includes movies I've programmed and at least one movie I hate

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  • Damien @aregularjoe98.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 29, 2024

    Notes on a Scandal You know, this may qualify as a rewatch because I swear that I've seen this film before but couldn't remember anything about it outside of the major story beats. I'm glad I did though, because this was a wonderful psychological drama/thriller.

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  • The Revisionist’s Almanac 🎥🎞️🍿 @revalmanac.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 24, 2024

    Just did Notes on a Scandal for the first time yesterday! What an interesting film.

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  • Rachel Fox @therealdaftbear.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 19, 2024

    Notes on a Scandal. As a two hander this film is so beautifully written by Patrick Marber. The flawed characters both irritated by each other’s flaws but also appreciate one another. It’s just fantastic imho.

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  • Hollywood Box @hollywoodboxMastodon · May 4, 2024

    Excited to be revisiting two iconic performances by the incomparable Dame Judi Dench. Whether she's the fierce M in Skyfall or the manipulative Barbara in Notes on a Scandal, Dench never fails to captivate us with her powerful character portrayals. Join us in celebrating this phenomenal actress. #JudiDench #Skyfall #NotesOnAScandal

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  • Filipe Manuel Neto @FilipeManuelNetoTMDB reviews · Feb 26, 2023

    Lust, loneliness and bitterness in an engaging film with two great actresses. I was very impressed with this film, which combines two huge and very talented actresses and a script full of tension and very well developed. It's not something new or original, and there are a lot of relatively tense films that are set in a school environment. I can quote one that I saw recently, and that I remembered while watching this film: “The Children’s Hour”. Alright, the movie is about a hypothetical lesbian…

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  • Dame Scott G @[email protected]Mastodon · Dec 19, 2022

    #NotesonaScandal is a #ChristmasMovie

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  • badelf @badelfTMDB reviews · Aug 4, 2012

    This is one of those films like a great pasta dish where everything is just right but somehow you still don't feel the restaurant is justified charging $21.95 for a plate of noodles and tomato sauce. The direction is top notch, Cate Blanchett as Sheba Hart is great and Bill Nighy supporting just works. As much as I usually adore Judi Dench's acting, I thought she was a little too one-dimensional in this role. But given her choice, she executed the role with the usual Dench precision. This is a…

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