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Doubt (2008)

Meryl Streep , Philip Seymour Hoffman , John Patrick Shanley  |  PG-13 |  DVD
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (274 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis
  • Directors: John Patrick Shanley
  • Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen
  • Language: English, French
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
  • Studio: Miramax
  • DVD Release Date: April 7, 2009
  • Run Time: 104 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (274 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B001PA0FFO
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,793 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • Learn more about "Doubt" on IMDb

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It's always a risk when writers direct their own work, since some playwrights don't travel well from stage to screen. Aided by Roger Deakins, of No Country for Old Men fame, who vividly captures the look of a blustery Bronx winter, Moonstruck's John Patrick Shanley pulls it off. If Doubt makes for a dialogue-heavy experience, like The Crucible and 12 Angry Men, the words and ideas are never dull, and a consummate cast makes each one count. Set in 1964 and loosely inspired by actual events, Shanley focuses on St. Nicholas, a Catholic primary school that has accepted its first African-American student, Donald Miller (Joseph Foster), who serves as altar boy to the warm-hearted Father Flynn (Phillip Seymour Hoffman). Donald may not have any friends, but that doesn't worry his mother, Mrs. Miller (Viola Davis in a scene-stealing performance), since her sole concern is that her son gets a good education. When Sister James (Amy Adams) notices Flynn concentrating more of his attentions on Miller than the other boys, she mentions the matter to Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Meryl Streep), the school's hard-nosed principal. Looking for any excuse to push the progressive priest out of her tradition-minded institution, Sister Aloysius sets out to destroy him, and if that means ruining Donald's future in the process--so be it. Naturally, she's the least sympathetic combatant in this battle, but Streep invests her disciplinarian with wit and unexpected flashes of empathy. Of all the characters she's played, Sister Aloysius comes closest to caricature, but she never feels like a cartoon; just a sad woman willing to do anything to hold onto what little she has before the forces of change render her--and everything she represents--redundant. --Kathleen C. Fennessy


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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.

"One of the best pictures of the year," (USA Today, Rolling Stone, New York Post, San Francisco Examiner, Roger Ebert).

Bonus Features include From Stage To Screen, Scoring Doubt, The Sisters Of Charity

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The film is a metaphor for the value of doubt within religious faith. Law Don  |  60 reviewers made a similar statement
Kudos to Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Viola Davis & Amy Adams!! HE WHO FUNKS BEHIND THE ROWS!!  |  63 reviewers made a similar statement
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75 of 81 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars God is in the details . . . . Spoiler Alert! July 14, 2009
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
After reading all of the reviews for the film, DOUBT, I am amazed at how many people did not comprehend the complexity of this film. To really understand this film, the viewer must note the small, quiet details of this story. For example, examine the scene in which Sister Aloysius is eating with the other nuns in the school cafeteria. Notice that she is not eating but instead is taking some medicine (probably aspirin) and drinking only water. She does not comment on how she is feeling like most people would do. Instead she is carefully monitoring the entire cafeteria full of rowdy students, while helping the blind nun sitting next to her clean off her sleeves and conversing with Sister James about the welfare of a student.

Most people think that unselfishness and goodness should be wreathed in benevolent smiles and warm hugs. But I invite everyone to look below the surface of the behavior of all of the major characters in this story: Sister Aloysius, Sister James, Father Flynn, and Mrs. Miller. Where in this film does Sister Aloysius place her own welfare above anyone else in the school? It is so easy to characterized her as a "witch" or a "harpy," but I urge you to reconsider the entire situation regarding the young boy Donald Miller. Unlike a public school, a private school does not have to accept just anyone. Since Sister Aloysius is the school's principal, she probably was instrumental in allowing Donald to attend her school. She reveals that she had anticipated trouble in integrating her school by telling Sister James that she thought she would have to talk to several parents about their children. She knows her people: working class Irish and Italian folks who clearly were not going to relish their children attending school with a black student.
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25 of 27 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Intense, morally complex, and powerful May 24, 2009
Format:DVD
***This review contains PLOT SPOILERS, and is intended for those who either don't mind them, or who have already seen the film. I tried to compose a review without PLOT SPOILERS but found that I could not adequately convey that which was haunting and praiseworthy about the film. This fine film is built on a foundation of uncertainty, doubt, suspense and surprise. If you haven't seen it yet, and want to enjoy it as much as I did, don't spoil the experience -- just go ahead and rent/buy it without reading further.***

I found this a magnificent film; it has haunted me fairly intensely since we saw it last night. The performances are magnificent, as you would expect from Philip Seymour Hoffman and Meryl Streep. The direction and pacing suited the storyline extremely well. The film is intense and somewhat claustrophobic, with dire events playing out in a close community andwithin an enclosed space. This accentuates both the isolation and the lack of privacy of Meryl Streep's character as she must confront an awful situation, largely alone.

As it develops, the film pulls you this way and that, leading you first toward one conclusion, then to another, back and forth until by the end the terrible truth cannot be denied, despite it having been a purely circumstantial case. The film ends with the fulfillment of a great act of heroism, which is then quickly undermined, leaving the abiding faith of the protagonist deeply shaken. Because the protagonist is at first so unlikable, it takes time for the viewer to appreciate her virtues and ultimately her heroism, which renders the film's faith-shaking denouement all the more tragically felt.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Solid Acting in a Thought-Provoking Drama March 23, 2010
Format:DVD
See this movie only if you enjoy a film where the acting and writing is way above average, and only if you are in the mood for a film that will induce thought. This is not a movie to settle down with if you just want to be entertained for the evening. It's basically a quiet character study about conflicting people (although it does get fairly tense and emotional at times).

I grew up in the 1970's and went to Catholic school; it was a decade after this film's time period but not much had changed, believe me. I was used to all the trappings of the church and of nuns and priests. I was not an altar boy but I was exposed to the traditions and experiences that are seen in this film. I would imagine that someone who is not familiar with these things at all might find some aspects of this movie to be almost foreign in certain ways. But a viewer need not be familiar with Catholicism (or even with the Bronx in 1964) to appreciate this movie.

The four principles give outstanding performances, particularly Meryl Streep and Viola Davis (Davis has just one major scene, and she is excellent in it). Streep owns the movie as the conflicted and multifaceted Sister Aloysius; this is probably the most relentless and stubborn woman in cinema since Nurse Ratched in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" in 1975 (played by Oscar-winner Louise Fletcher). I was fascinated with this character, and torn over how I felt about her. She can be considered a heroine and also a villain at the same time. It's hard to explain. She can be strict, unfair, caring, funny, impatient, and cold. And it's no surprise that this would be another (her sixteenth) Oscar nomination for Meryl Streep. She never stops creating authentic characters.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Meryl Streep scared me.....she was supposed to scare you THAT WAS THE...
I first saw this in the movies....I loved it.....I had no doubt....the very first time but friends we went with did.....makes me think...FFM
Published 4 days ago by kmfia1961
4.0 out of 5 stars confirms my wifes stories of Catholic school
Big fan of Hoffman and Streep. They are great together, and I personally enjoy media which makes one think seriously about organized religion.
Published 7 days ago by Christie Burdette
5.0 out of 5 stars DOUBT: Combination of great screenplay and fantastic acting
A movie we missed, though a friend was in a production of the play. Glad we found it! The leads and support are just right, especially for anyone who is close to a parish's... Read more
Published 8 days ago by Arthur Mortensen
5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST SEE
Excellent...more than ten stars. Go out and get this movie..the whole family will enjoy it. I loved it from start to finish.
Published 13 days ago by Peaches
5.0 out of 5 stars Mystic River Murder
An excellent movie with a good story that is full of drama and suspense that keeps your interest at it's peak.
Published 13 days ago by nickc123
3.0 out of 5 stars Decent Movie
Didn't care much for the ending. Still have doubt as to whether the priest was guilty of what he claimed. Good subject matter and handled well. Thought acting was pretty good.
Published 21 days ago by TheTruth13
5.0 out of 5 stars cast and writng - perfect
Three actors who are probably the best in the business. And the writing meets them at their level. Excellent film!
Published 25 days ago by Meredith
3.0 out of 5 stars well named
I heard a lot of good stuff about this movie so maybe I expected too much. I found it a bit dated, limited in scope, and on occasion confusing. Read more
Published 28 days ago by Karen Ruth
3.0 out of 5 stars I DOUBT this review will say anything that hasn't already been said
I"doubted" I would like this film very much based on the subject matter at hand, but as it turned out I did find it appealing on the level that the issue of priests in the catholic... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Natja Kristy
4.0 out of 5 stars Compelling Story
Meryl Streep plays a nun, who is very sure of her convictions. When she feels that their is something wrong, she set about to change it. This is a great performance from her.
Published 1 month ago by Irish lassie
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