On DVD - Notes on a Scandal

I did not know the plot of this movie before watching it. I know that may be hard to believe seeing as how it was nominated for all sorts of awards, but I did not have even a bit of a clue.

So, once you accept that, it may be easy to believe that I was a bit surprised at the storyline.

I do realize that this sort of thing happens and a few of these same types of scandals have been in the news recently (although, from the details I have heard, the real scandals sound much less romantic (or whatever it was) than the one in the movie). In fact, I was watching an interesting CourtTV recap of a trial...

Anyway, after I got over it, I found the movie: interesting, well-acted, fairly realistic, disturbing. It's worth watching, but I don't have much to say about it. What does that mean? Judi Dench's character was very disturbing and the most interesting in the movie. Well done. She should have won the Oscar for this -- although I haven't seen any of the other movies, so I suppose I shouldn't make that kind of determination just yet.

*** - probably would get more, but I felt dirty after watching it and I have little to say about it, which has got to mean something.