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.
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| Doubt has exact and merciless writing, powerful performances and timeless relevance. It causes us to start thinking with the first shot, and we never stop. Think how rare that is in a film. —Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times |
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Doubt has exact and merciless writing, powerful performances and timeless relevance. It causes us to start thinking with the first shot, and we never stop. Think how rare that is in a film.
—Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times
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The film's best scenes are also the play's best scenes.
—Sean O'Connell Reel
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Streep and Hoffman will garner much of the film's praise, and both are excellent, but it's impossible to overlook Viola Davis and [Amy] Adams in the film.
—Sean O'Connell filmcritic.com
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...I'm probably not alone in my surprise at how well the results work on screen.
—Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune
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Is the movie as good as the play? No, it's better.
—Peter Travers Rolling Stone
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Thought provoking enough not to be dumb, but straightforward enough that most viewers will get it.
—Luke Y. Thompson E!
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...the cast is infernally noisy and hectoring about mysteries that ought to be felt with a communal hush
—Liza Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly
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Doubt's intellectual trappings seem thinner here than onstage, but Streep and Hoffman are both so superb it is pure delight just to watch 'em work.
—Leah Rozen People
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...a did-he-or-didn't-he mystery...
—Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times
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...powerful but stagy...
—Lou Lumenick New York Post
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If 'Doubt' has a point to make about not rushing to judgment, it is overwhelmed by the force of Shanley's profound ambivalence toward women.
—Ella Taylor Village Voice
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Doubt doesn't work fully on screen as it did on stage, but it's worth seeing for Streep's grace notes.
—Dan Callahan Slant Magazine
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...only marginally, and tendentiously, about moral uncertainty ? it?s more about the sins of a nosy old biddy...
—Ella Taylor LA Weekly
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Casting Doubt
Posted on 2008-12-19 by reelz
John Patrick Shanley's Doubt has traveled far in the past four years -- from its off-Broadway beginnings to Broadway success to holiday-release movie. Awards buzz has followed Shanley's work throughout. The play won a Pulitzer Prize along with several Tony and Drama Desk awards. To date, the movie has racked up 10 SAG and Golden Globe nominations, with Oscar season fast approaching.
Shanley's success isn't too surprising, given the caliber of talent he's brought to his casts. In the movie, Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman star as the embattled Sister Aloysius and Father Flynn. Recently, ReelzChannel sat down with both stars to discuss bringing this tale about the consequences of blind justice to the big screen. See our interview with Meryl Streep and interview with Philip Seymour Hoffman.
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