7.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Notes on a Scandal (2006)
Notes on a Scandal (2006)
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Negative
Viewer Rating
7.6
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Traditional
Primary
The film's central subject matter of illicit relationships, obsession, and manipulation is inherently apolitical, focusing on individual moral failings and psychological drama rather than advocating for any specific political or social ideology.
The movie features a cast that is primarily white, with no apparent intentional recasting of roles based on race or gender. The narrative explores themes of obsession and illicit relationships, focusing on individual character flaws rather than offering a critique of traditional identities or explicitly incorporating diversity, equity, and inclusion themes.
Secondary
Notes on a Scandal portrays Barbara Covett's obsessive same-sex desire for a colleague as a manipulative and destructive force. This desire is central to her villainous character arc, leading to scandal and misery for those around her without any affirming counterpoints.
The film 'Notes on a Scandal' does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its plot focuses entirely on cisgender characters and their relationships, specifically an illicit affair and a manipulative friendship.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "Notes on a Scandal" is an adaptation of Zoë Heller's novel. All main characters, including Barbara Covett, Sheba Hart, and Richard Hart, maintain the same gender as established in the original source material.
The film "Notes on a Scandal" is an adaptation of Zoë Heller's novel. A review of the main characters and their portrayals in the film reveals no instances where a character's race deviates from their established or implied race in the source material.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.4
7.1
Critic Ratings
8.7
7.3
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