I'm in love with Cate Blanchett, and this movie reminds me again of the why. She plays and angelic teacher that starts a relationship with one of her pupils. Her fellow teacher Barbara Covett ( Judi Dench ), the biggest witch in town, finds it out and starts to manipulate her to force a relationship. For me this movie is about how power will always shift between the relationships of people. Of course it's a bit over-the-top in this movie, since most of us won't have relations with much younger or much older people. Bill Nighy is excellent as the charming but still much older husband of Blanchett.
This is an exciting mixture of thriller and drama with an intelligent script and recognizable characters. Most of the times I'm very critical towards movies with Oscar nominations, but with this movie I find it very justifiable. Too bad that the competition that year was very powerful, so it was neglected a bit.
This is an exciting mixture of thriller and drama with an intelligent script and recognizable characters. Most of the times I'm very critical towards movies with Oscar nominations, but with this movie I find it very justifiable. Too bad that the competition that year was very powerful, so it was neglected a bit.