Doubt is adapted from John Patrick Shanley’s Pulitzer
Prize winning stage play of the same name; it stars Meryl Streep, Amy Adams and
Philip Seymour Hoffmam. It’s a compelling drama set in a Bronx Catholic school
in 1964 where a popular and respected priest’s ambiguous relationship with a
troubled 12 year-old male student is called into question by the school’s
strict and conservative principal.
The plot is nothing short of
gripping, it’s quite mysterious and you never really know which of the three main
characters to believe, one minute you'll be convinced of something and minutes
later you'll begin to have doubts. Which is the film’s main theme, hence the
title.
It’s a pretty serious film
that for the most part feels quite cold, but Adams and Hoffman’s characters do
provide some of the warmer moments. And there are some very tiny moments of dry
humour which dose ease some tension which is constant throughout the film.
As for performances, they’re
just magnificent and some of the finest you'll ever see. The film received four
Oscar nominations for the acting alone and the fact nobody won is pretty
baffling.
Doubt is one of those films
that you'll be discussing long after it’s over, leaving yourself asking did he
or didn't he?
Here's the same review again but in video form on my YouTube channel.
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