Doubt

When the principal (Meryl Streep) of a Bronx Catholic High School accuses a popular priest (Philip Seymour Hoffman) of pedophilia, a young nun caught in between the feuding pair becomes hopelessly swept up in the ensuing controversy. 1964, St. Nicholas, the Bronx: The winds of change are sweeping ...more

Viewers should walk into Doubt bracing for a clash of the thespians between Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman. The two celebrated actors come out of their corners swinging, landing blow after blow on each other's conflicted religioso characters. Few actresses could follow up a role as a dancing, singing, and sexually promiscuous single mother in a candy-coated musical like Mamma Mia! with a severe, grim, chilled-to-the-bone nun with an axe to grind. But few actresses are of ...more

Director John Patrick Shanley loves to deal with weighty philosophical themes, but thankfully, he knows how to do so through three-dimensional characters that make his grand ideas a part of everyday life. Doubt, his adaptation of his own award-winning play, offers a crystalline example of his remarkable gifts. The film stars Meryl Streep as Sister Aloysius Beauvier, a no-nonsense Catholic middle school principal who watches over her students with steely eyes and a firm hand. She carries a ...more

Doubt
Nominee - 81st Oscars®:
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Philip Seymour Hoffman
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Meryl Streep
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Amy Adams
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Viola Davis
Adapted Screenplay