Directed by Richard Eyre Written by Patrick Marber Zoë Heller Cast Judi Dench ... Barbara Covett Cate Blanchett ... Sheba Hart Tom Georgeson ... Ted Mawson Michael Maloney ... Sandy Pabblem Joanna Scanlan ... Sue Hodge Shaun Parkes ... Bill Rumer Emma Kennedy ... Linda Syreeta Kumar ... Gita Andrew Simpson ... Steven Connolly Phil Davis ... Brian Bangs Wendy Nottingham ... Elaine Clifford Tameka Empson ... Antonia Robinson Leon Skinner ... Davis Bill Nighy ... Richard Hart Juno Temple ... Polly Hart Max Lewis ... Ben Hart Debra Gillett ... Lorraine Barry McCarthy ... Dave Julia McKenzie ... Marjorie Adrian Scarborough ... Martin Jill Baker ... Sheba's Mother Diana Berriman ... Marcia Alice Bird ... Saskia Benedict Taylor ... Eddie Miranda Pleasence ... Eddie's Wife Jonathan Speer ... Vet Stephen Kennedy ... Mr. Connolly Derbhle Crotty ... Mrs. Connolly Catherine Drew ... Newsreader Anne-Marie Duff ... Annabel Uncredited Cast Alex Argenti ... Christmas Shopper Gabrielle Brooks ... Choir Member Kevin Hudson ... Teacher Denzil Kwabi ... Denzel Kat Smiley ... Journalist Produced by Robert Fox Redmond Morris Scott Rudin Original Music by Philip Glass

Additional Info Premiere: December 25, 2006 DVD Release: April 17, 2007 Country: Distributor: Fox Searchlight Websites: Production Companies Searchlight Pictures (presents) DNA Films (presents) UK Film Council (in association with) BBC Film (in association with) Scott Rudin Productions Ingenious Film Partners (as Ingenious Film Partners 2 LLP) Distributors Twentieth Century Fox   (2006-) (World-wide) (all media) Searchlight Pictures   (2006) (USA) (theatrical) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2007) (USA) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.4 / 10 Our Rating 5.9 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 5.7 / 10 Female Users 5.4 / 10 Site Ranking #1,866 / 20,698 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 1 total rating Almost Perfect 1 total rating Average 1 total rating Site Ranking #1,862 The Weather Man (2005) #1,863 48 Hrs. (1982) #1,864 Elemental (2023) #1,865 Halo: Season 1 (2022) #1,866 Notes On A Scandal (2006) #1,867 Battlefield Earth (2000) #1,868 Krampus (2015) #1,869 Little Shop Of Horrors (1986) #1,870 The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018)