Notes on a Scandal

Can someone please give these women another Academy Award? Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench do not disappoint (do they ever?) in this film. It's the kind of complex and juicy movie that when it ends, I wish I hadn't seen it yet so I could watch it for the first time.

As flawed women, Cate and Judi's characters complement each other. Both their roles are exciting to watch, Judi's role being the more unexpected one.

I wished I'd read the book first though, had I known about it. While the movie unfolded at just the right pace, I think I would've enjoyed the prolonged suspense that a book offers.

How lovely it must be to live the life of the author who came up with this story. To live in another world most of your day, inventing interesting characters who do interesting things. And inventing your own escape from reality.