John Patrick Shanley directs the movie version of his own play that centers on the place where faith, doubt and certainty intersect. The story takes place in a Catholic school in the Bronx in 1964 and concerns the battle between an old school nun, Sister Aloysius (played by the always great Meryl Streep) and her Vatican II supporting boss, Father Brendan Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman). When a junior nun, Sister James (Amy Adams) mentions a concern she has about Father Flynn and the school's only black student, Donald, to Sister Aloysius, the witchhunt is on. Doubt is a fantastic movie with fine, fine performances - Viola Davis as Donald's mother in particular. The sermon Father Flynn gives (us all) midway through the movie is worth the price of admission itself. In the end, Doubt delivers a storyline that is current with enough smarts to have you leave the theatre thinking about how certain your own beliefs may be.
One of the best movies this year gives it my rating of rating 9 out of 10.
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