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One I wish I hadn't waited for DVD for was Notes on a Scandal. I finally saw it, and I loved it.
Judi Dench should stop playing agreeable, cheeky old dames and take on much more total evil bitch roles. She was fantastic!
The story moved right along at a perfect clip, the script was clever, and the music by Philip Glass was beautiful and haunting.
As I understand it, the piece was adapated from a novel told entirely in first person, as diary entries. As such, I think they did a great job adapting it to film and retaining a sense of that. Voice-over was the obvious choice, and they didn't overdo it. Mostly, though, they got that first-person feeling by keeping the camera on Judi Dench's character (whereas a lesser director might have thought the effect could be best achieved by sticking to her P.O.V.). And, well, since Dench was an absolute malevolent marvel to behold, the choice was excellent all round.
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