Opened: December 12, 2008
Runtime: 1 hr. 44 min.
Rated: PG-13
Cast: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams
Genre: Drama
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Synopsis:
It’s 1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. A vibrant, charismatic priest, Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman), is trying to upend the schools’ strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Meryl Streep), 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 (Amy Adams), 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.
FANDANGO FAN RATINGS
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Good acting by movie-fan_ colts
Two of the best actors in this one. Good plot. Makes you think.
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no doubt this movie make you think! by sr200179
a fine acted movie that makes the viewer think a lot. Brilliant cast!
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Doubt by SteveHorrorFan
A master class in capital-A acting. Streep and Hoffman lock horns as the stiff Sister Aloysius and the progressive Father Flynn. Adapted from a...more