Metacritic Movie Ratings
Doubt Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 100

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  Doubt 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.

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• 88

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  By eloquently probing the state of uncertainty and its accompanying discomfort and confusion, Doubt compels viewers to examine their own assumptions as they become caught up in this fascinating tale.

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• 80

  out of 100

  Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern

  Doubt leaves none in one respect: John Patrick Shanley was the right person to direct this fascinating screen version of his celebrated play.

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• 70

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan

  Shanley seems to have lost a certain amount of faith in what he'd written. As a director he's ended up pushing the drama harder than he needs to. He hasn't done anything fatal, but he has tampered with and hampered it.

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• 70

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt

  The film is nothing if not provocative.

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• 58

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

  Shanley turns out to have dismayingly few original cinematic notions to back up the basic did-he-or-didn't-he hook in his study of conviction and compassion.

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• 50

  out of 100

  The New York TimesManohla Dargis

  Mainstream moviemaking, with its commercial directives and slavish attachment to narrative codes isn't particularly hospitable to ambiguity...which may help explain why Mr. Shanley's film feels caught between two mediums and why Ms. Streep appears to be in a Gothic horror thriller while everyone else looks and sounds closer to life or at least dramatic realism.

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