Doubt is a 2008 film adaptation of the John Patrick Shanley stage play Doubt: A Parable. Written and directed by Shanley and produced by Scott Rudin, the film stars Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams and Viola Davis.
It premiered on October 30, 2008 at the AFI Fest before being distributed by Miramax Films in limited release on December 12, 2008 and in wide release on December 25, 2008.
Plot: It’s 1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. A charismatic priest, Father Flynn, is trying to upend the schools’ 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 consequence.
Top ten lists
The film appeared on many critics’ top ten lists of the best films of 2008.
* 2nd – James Berardinelli, ReelViews
* 2nd – Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
* 8th – Kyle Smith, New York Post
* 8th – Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
* 9th – David Edelstein, New York magazine
* 10th – Michael Rechtshaffen, The Hollywood Reporter
* 10th – Shawn Levy, The Oregonian
Awards
Doubt received five Academy Awards nominations on January 22, 2009, for its four lead actors and for Shanley’s script.
Cast
* Meryl Streep as Sister Aloysius
* Philip Seymour Hoffman as Father Brendan Flynn
* Amy Adams as Sister James
* Viola Davis as Mrs. Miller
* Joseph Foster as Donald Miller
* Alice Drummond as Sister Veronica
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