Doubt

John Patrick Shanley

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Doubt

Synopsis

In 1964, a Catholic school nun questions a priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled young student, suspecting him of abuse.

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Cast

Meryl StreepSister Aloysius Beauvier
Philip Seymour HoffmanFather Brendan Flynn
Amy AdamsSister James
Viola DavisMrs. Miller
Alice DrummondSister Veronica
Audrie NeenanSister Raymond
Susan BlommaertMrs. Carson
Carrie PrestonChristine Hurley
John CostelloeWarren Hurley
Lloyd Clay BrownJimmy Hurley

Recommendations

100
ReelViews
An intellectually and emotionally exhausting and engrossing experience. It is drama of the highest caliber.
100
Chicago Sun-Times
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.
88
Rolling Stone
You may have doubts about which side to choose, but there's no doubt about this mind-bender. It'll pin you to your seat.
88
Chicago Tribune
While Streep has a tiny bit too much fun with some of her character's excesses, she's awfully good. So is Hoffman, who walks a fine line between obvious guilt and possible innocence.
83
The A.V. Club
Doubt is a complex, thematically loaded piece of work, and though it isn't enhanced on film, it deserves the wider exposure.
70
The Hollywood Reporter
The film is nothing if not provocative.
58
Entertainment Weekly
Shanley turns out to have dismayingly few original cinematic notions to back up the basic did-he-or-didn't-he hook in his study of conviction and compassion.
50
Newsweek
Doubt stirs up a lot of stormy theatrical weather, but the stolid transfer from stage to screen does Shanley's play no favors.