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This film made me feel really quite depressed because it was obviously a depressing and very personal storyline. It is a very dark film because it mostly features about obsession, commitment and love. It is like a paedophile story too because a female teacher is having a love affair with a student. He leads her on but she cant resist him so that is where she becomes torn between the young lad and her family. It is a very emotional as well as a disturbing thriller. The acting was absolutely fantastic from the whole cast. They were all very powerful and very emotional which fitted perfectly with the character.
Judi Dench delivers a really powerful performance as Barbara Covett. Judi makes Barbara more of a lonely, bitter and selfish cow than she already is. She makes Barbara quite a destranged and fearful character too. Cate Blanchett delivers an even more powerful performance as young teacher Sheba Hart and is in my opinion, the greatest supporting actress performance of all time. She was truly torn between a young boy she couldnt resist and her family life with her husband, son and daughter. I really liked Cate and Judis partnership together in this film. The scene where Sheba discovers something drastic, that scene was really powerful from Cate and Judi which became my favourite scene of the film. I wasn't that keen on Bill Nighy in this film really but I did like Andrew Simpson as Steven Connolly because he truly did look like an irresistable young man who anyone can fall for as Sheba did.
I thought the direction was excellent from Richard Eyre but mostly was impressed with the script of the film. It was a very powerful script that the lines were said at the correct scenes at the exact right time. This film affects anybody who is torn in a relationship.
This film became one of the best British films of 2006 after Casino Royale. It shows how powerful a lot of British films can be. I was only a little bit disappointed with that I didnt quite feel the love between Sheba and Steven. Apart from that light flaw I thought this film was amazing and is one of the best films of 2006 and maybe even of all time too.
9/10
