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Doubt (2008)

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Reviews Counted:205

Fresh:159

Rotten:46

Average Rating:6.9/10

Consensus: Doubt succeeds on the strength of its top-notch cast, who successfully guide the film through the occasional narrative lull.

Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Dec 12, 2008 Limited

Box Office: $33,422,556

Synopsis: John Patrick Shanley brings his Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning play to the screen as a gripping story about the quest for truth, the forces of change, and the devastating consequences of... John Patrick Shanley brings his Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning play to the screen as a gripping story about the quest for truth, the forces of change, and the devastating consequences of blind justice in an age defined by moral conviction.

It’s 1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. A vibrant, charismatic priest, Father Flynn (Academy Award® winner Philip Seymour Hoffman), is trying to upend the schools’ strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Academy Award® winner Meryl Streep), the iron-gloved Principal who believes in the power of fear and discipline. The winds of political change are sweeping through the community, and indeed, the school has just accepted its first black student, Donald Miller. But when Sister James (Academy Award® nominee Amy Adams), a hopeful innocent, shares with Sister Aloysius her guilt-inducing suspicion that Father Flynn is paying too much personal attention to Donald, Sister Aloysius sets off on a personal crusade to unearth the truth and to expunge Flynn from the school. Now, without a shard of proof besides her moral certainty, Sister Aloysius locks into a battle of wills with Father Flynn which threatens to tear apart the community with irrevocable consequence.

Academy Award® winning screenwriter John Patrick Shanley (“Moonstruck”) adapted his own play for the screen and directs Doubt, starring Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams and Viola Davis. The film is produced by Scott Rudin and Mark Roybal, with Celia Costas as executive producer.--© Miramax [More]

Starring: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis

Starring: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis, John Costelloe

Director: John Patrick Shanley

Director: John Patrick Shanley
Screenwriter: John Patrick Shanley
Producer: Scott Rudin, Mark Roybal
Composer: Howard Shore
Studio: Miramax Films

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  • From Miramax Films comes one of the most honored and acclaimed motion pictures of the year, DOUBT. Based on the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning play, DOUBT is a mesmerizing, suspense-filled drama with four riveting performances from Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams and Viola Davis that will have you pinned to the edge of your seat. Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Streep), the rigid and fear-inspiring principal of the Saint Nicholas Church School, suffers an extreme dislike for the progressive and popular parish priest Father Flynn (Hoffman). Looking for wrongdoing in every corner, Sister Aloysius believes she's uncovered the ultimate sin when she hears Father Flynn has taken a special interest in a troubled boy. But without proof, the only thing certain is doubt. Nominated for 5 Golden Globes(R) and 6 Critics' Choice awards, there is no DOUBT it is "One of the best pictures of the year," (USA Today, Rolling Stone, New York Post, San Francisco Examiner, Roger Ebert).
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    What fascinated me about Doubt were two peripheries: The blatant sexism of the 1960s Catholic church and the anguish of a terribly conflicted mother, played by Viola Davis.

    Full Review Source: Scene-Stealers.com | comment 4 Comments
    12/26/08
    Eric Melin
    Eric Melin
    Scene-Stealers.com

    Exhausting yet invigorating, it's a drama one witnesses more than just views.

    Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
    12/26/08
    Matthew Sorrento
    Matthew Sorrento
    Film Threat

    Doubt lets you make up your mind [about the plot] if you insist on certainty, but the point of the story is that there really isn't any.

    Full Review Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette | comment Comment
    12/26/08
    Daniel M. Kimmel
    Daniel M. Kimmel
    Worcester Telegram & Gazette

    Despite Streep's histrionics, this transfer from stage drama to big screen lacks cinematic novelty. It always feels small when it should feel intimate.

    Full Review Source: Tulsa World | comment 2 Comments
    12/26/08
    Michael Smith
    Michael Smith
    Tulsa World

    [The] performances are so enjoyable, it feels ungenerous to note Doubt isn't quite as profound as it seems to think.

    Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | comment Comment
    12/26/08
    Philip Martin
    Philip Martin
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    [Heavyweight actress Meryl]Streep wallops [Philip Seymour] Hoffman. He counters. She feints, he jabs. The slugfest gets serious and both end up scoring a knockout.

    Full Review Source: Tri-City Herald | comment Comment
    12/25/08
    Gary Wolcott
    Gary Wolcott
    Tri-City Herald

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    Full Review Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch | comment Comment
    12/25/08
    St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    A collection of acting styles from the broad to the contained and the exacting to the unrestrained create an unevenness of tone and interpretation.

    Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
    12/25/08
    Marjorie Baumgarten
    Marjorie Baumgarten
    Austin Chronicle

    As my dear friend and mentor Bill Wundram, of the Quad-City Times, has told me for 23 years: Beware the overly self-righteous.

    Full Review Source: Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | comment Comment
    12/24/08
    Linda Cook
    Linda Cook
    Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

    A melodrama that changes the rules in an effort to seem fresh. But at its heart it's still a boo-here, hiss-there formula romp.

    Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment Comment
    12/24/08
    Phil Villarreal
    Phil Villarreal
    Arizona Daily Star

    John Patrick Shanley the writer should never again hire John Patrick Shanley the director.

    Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
    12/24/08
    Tom Long
    Tom Long
    Detroit News

    Riveting and unforgettable, this intense drama really pulls you in and holds you with a terrific script and four unforgettable Oscar-worthy performances.

    Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net | comment Comment
    12/24/08
    Edward Douglas
    Edward Douglas
    ComingSoon.net

    More tailored for the Oscars than a Clint Eastwood war epic, Doubt features some of the best performances we've seen all year but it falls short in other departments.

    Full Review Source: Peterborough This Week | comment Comment
    12/23/08
    Mike Sage
    Mike Sage
    Peterborough This Week

    The acting is out of the park but the script leaves you doubting how good it is.

    Full Review Source: jackiekcooper.com | comment Comment
    12/23/08
    Jackie K. Cooper
    Jackie K. Cooper
    jackiekcooper.com

    Thanks to a nearly perfect cast, this provocative glimpse into the Catholic priest child-molestation scandal manages to be deeply disturbing on several levels.

    Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
    12/23/08
    Roger Moore
    Roger Moore
    Orlando Sentinel

    Leaves little doubt about its search for tolerance and morality in the real world.

    Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
    12/23/08
    Dennis Schwartz
    Dennis Schwartz
    Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    One viewing sold me on its basic quality. A second look convinced me that Doubt is at least verging on something like greatness.

    Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
    12/23/08
    Ken Hanke
    Ken Hanke
    Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    A lot of viewers get caught up in trying to figure out what really happened, when in fact the film is more of a Rorschach test.

    Full Review Source: Parallax View | comment Comment
    12/22/08
    Sean Axmaker
    Sean Axmaker
    Parallax View

    Streep overacts the way Bette Davis did in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? and its fun and scary and thrilling at the same time. It's the reason to see Doubt but subtle it's not - and there's no doubting that.

    Full Review Source: Windy City Times | comment Comment
    12/21/08
    Richard Knight
    Richard Knight
    Windy City Times

    [The play is] a shallow work easily interpreted, and Shanley's own film version is no different in the low bar it aims for and ultimately attains.

    Full Review Source: House Next Door | comment Comment
    12/21/08
    Keith Uhlich
    Keith Uhlich
    House Next Door
     
     
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