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Doubt
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It's 1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. A vibrant, charismatic priest, Father Flynn, is trying to upend the school's strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier, the iron-gloved Principal who believes in the power of fear and discipline. The winds of political change are sweeping through the country, and, indeed, the school has just accepted its first black student, Donald Miller. But, when Sister James, a hopeful innocent, shares with Sister Aloysius her suspicion that Father Flynn is paying too much personal attention to Donald, Sister Aloysius is galvanized to begin a crusade to both unearth the truth and expunge Flynn from the school. Now, without a shred of proof or evidence except her moral certainty, Sister Aloysius locks into a battle of wills with Father Flynn, a battle that threatens to tear apart the Church and school with devastating consequences.
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Meryl Streep as Sister Aloysius, Philip Seymour Hoffman as Father Flynn, facing off in a Bronx parish in 1964.
Doubt
By Steven Rea, Inquirer Movie Critic
Posted 12/18/2008
'The truth makes for a bad sermon. It tends to be confusing and have no clear conclusion." So says Father Flynn from the pulpit of St. Nicholas, the Bronx church where this young and popular priest has set up shop in the fall of 1964. » Read more
Doubt
By GARY THOMPSON, thompsg@phillynews.com
Posted 12/18/2008
Watching Meryl Streep and Phillip Seymour Hoffman go head to head in "Doubt" is a pleasure - a lot more fun than it should be given the potentially creepy nature of the material (directed by John Patrick Shanley, adapting his hit Broadway play). » Read more
MPAA rating:
PG-13
for thematic material
Cast:
Evan Lewis; Paulie Litt; Lydia Jordan; Viola Davis; Philip Seymour Hoffman; Joseph Foster; Lloyd Clay Brown; Meryl Streep; Bridget Megan Clark; Amy Adams
Directed by:
John Patrick Shanley
On the web:
 
Doubt Official Site
Genre:
Drama
Running time:
01:44
Release date:
2008
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