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1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. A 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 community, 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 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 consequences. —IMDb

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Ross Patterson

26Jan12

The acting was great, the ending even better. I think that it would have been a better film in the hands of a different director, nothing wrong with Shanley's film; but there was no opportunity for the film to be subjected to any other creative direction/vision, which I think is a shame.

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Connor Burke

26Dec11

Meryl Streep's acting was perfect. Different from something I would usually watch, the last few lines of the movie had some impact on me.

Omar Fabricio

9Dec11

Como una historia aburrida cuando esta bien actuada puede salvarse

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mfg

6Dec11

Ambiguous endings aren't always frustrating. Watching this movie proves why sometimes the best dialogue is written for plays, not films.

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By Amir Syarif Siregar on April 21, 2010

Film drama yang diadaptasi dari naskah teater John Patrick Shanley berjudul sama, Doubt, menceritakan mengenai kehidupan di sebuah gereja Katolik di Bronx, New York.

Bersetting tahun 1964, Doubt…  read review

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By Alyssa on July 28, 2009

Seeing Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Merryl Streep go at it (fighting-wise) in a scene together was enough to make my head explode. Excellent, excellent cast — though I wish Amy Adams would branch out…  read review

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By Sean Walker Hutton on June 12, 2009

I have always been against films directly addressing subjects, instead of being subtle; in this case doubt. But this film was different. It possible that the reason I connect to it is that I am the…  read review

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By jaredmo​barak on June 8, 2009

Upon seeing the trailer for John Patrick Shanley’s film Doubt, based upon his own play, I just thought, wow, a great cast with a dull story. Well, after seeing it, my mind has been changed to believing…  read review

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