Love-hate relationship

From: Isthmus | Date: February 2, 2007| Author: Williams, Kent | Copyright information

Love-hate relationship

But hate wins out in Notes on a Scandal

It was beginning to look as if Judi Dench could pick up an Oscar nomination simply by appearing on screen and uttering a few words in that beautifully clipped English accent of hers. And maybe she could. But Notes on a Scandal, in which she plays a secondary-school teacher so desperate for some female companionship that she's become slightly unhinged, won't prove any such theories. Here, Dame Judi's been handed a rol...

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