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Doubt

Release Date: December 12, 2008 (limited; expands: Dec. 19; expands: Dec. 25)
Studio: Miramax Films
Director: John Patrick Shanley
Screenwriter: John Patrick Shanley
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for thematic material)
Website: Doubt-themovie.com

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

Plot Summary: 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.

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Very good movie. Great performances all around.
 

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Really disappointing. Two great actors but I'm sorry, but they just didn't shine. The film editing was horrid. Several times during conversations, the delay in speaking while the camera angle was changed was embarrassingly long. Very predictable plot. Some of the scenes looked more like rehearsal. The movies ends like they just ran out of film.

They really missed an opportunity to make a very, very good movie here. Ultimately, I agree with DBJ, a "meh..." 2.5 out of 5 stars.
 

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Was I the only one who liked it? I guess I really enjoyed the play-like nature of it, which makes sense since it was based on a play. I wasn't disappointed at all, though I would have probably liked watching or reading the actual stage play just as much.
 
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