
It's 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-based 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 Aloy... (Full plot summary below)
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It's 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-based 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.
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| TV Guide MagazinePerry SeibertSatisfies the heart and engages the mind. |
| Film ThreatMatthew SorrentoExhausting yet invigorating, it's a drama one witnesses more than just views. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliAn intellectually and emotionally exhausting and engrossing experience. It is drama of the highest caliber. |
| Cinema em CenaPablo VillaçaContando com diálogos cortantes e concebidos (e ditos) com elegância, Dúvida mantém a força de seu título até os segundos finais. |
| Groucho ReviewsPeter CanaveseGood to the last drop: the guilt-drenched final line is a prism revealing new facets of character and theme to ponder on the way out of the theater. |
| Aisle SeatMike McGranaghanIf you like hypothetical, debate-fueling ideas, then Doubt is one of the year's must-see movies. |
| Tri-City HeraldGary Wolcott[Heavyweight actress Meryl]Streep wallops [Philip Seymour] Hoffman. He counters. She feints, he jabs. The slugfest gets serious and both end up scoring a knockout. |
| New York PressArmond WhiteStreep in her black bonnet and Hoffman with his meticulously parted hair and long, clean fingernails are never quite believable. |
| Time Out ChicagoDavid FearDoubt works best when the performers are simply allowed to spar. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertDoubt has exact and merciless writing, powerful performances and timeless relevance. It causes us to start thinking with the first shot, and we never stop. Think how rare that is in a film. |