Doubt is a complex, thematically loaded piece of work, and though it isn't enhanced on film, it deserves the wider exposure.
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12/11/08
Doubt (2008)
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Reviews Counted:204
Fresh:158
Rotten:46
Average Rating:6.9/10
Consensus: Doubt succeeds on the strength of its top-notch cast, who successfully guide the film through the occasional narrative lull.
Theatrical Release:06-02-2009
Synopsis: John Patrick Shanley brings his Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning play to the screen as a gripping story about the quest for truth, the forces of change, and the devastating consequences of... [More]
Starring: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis
Director: John Patrick Shanley
Reviews for Doubt
161 - 180 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
powerful
12/11/08
Meryl Streep is fantastic in Doubt, but I'd rather watch her again in Mamma Mia.
12/11/08
Adapted from the 2005 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play, Doubt makes for a great story and magnificent on-screen performance, but not the full cinematic experience that separates a stage production from a moving-picture show.
12/11/08
Inhabiting this world are two particularly well-matched antagonists.
12/11/08
Top CriticMost film mysteries are meant to be solved, but not this one. That's because the doubt in Doubt is presented as a virtue that, being its own reward, the audience is asked to heartily embrace.
12/11/08
Streep and Hoffman are pitch-perfect, and Amy Adams is also superb as a young nun caught up in the conflict.
12/11/08
Shanley has adapted, slightly expanded and directed his play for the screen, and while it helps to enjoy the old-school dramaturgy and knowing theatrical craftsmanship of the piece, I'm probably not alone in my surprise at how well the results work on scr
12/11/08
John Patrick Shanley opens up his Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play,diluting some of its dramatic alchemy, but with its considerable strengths intact. He's assembled a veritable screen dream team to rival the brilliant stage ensemble.
12/11/08
Doubt cast a long moral shadow on Broadway, but seems blunter on screen. Shanley's fussy directorial notions are less nuanced than the religious and moral arguments he's given his characters.
12/11/08
Doubt is decent, but not spectacular.
12/11/08
A beautiful machine of dramatics, Doubt entices with imposing actorly sway, yet leaves behind a resounding thematic residue that doesn't wash away.
12/11/08
Given the incendiary subject and powerful cast, Doubt could have been explosive, but ends up merely solid.
12/11/08
Award-worthy performances aren't enough to keep Doubt from falling flat in the end.
12/11/08
What was a play of ideas becomes a movie of distractions ... [but] the dream cast doesn't disappoint.
12/11/08
A terrifically acted thinker in which every perspective is open to interpretation, and ambiguity and truth switch places depending on who's looking.
12/11/08
Doubt, John Patrick Shanley's film adaptation of his acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning play, is a showcase for actors -- and it never lets you forget it.
12/11/08
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.
12/11/08
Top CriticDoubt is being squired around town as prime Oscar bait. But in Shanley’s hands, it only looks deep.
12/11/08
Those interested in the concept of due process and the ethics of discovering the truth shouldn't miss 'Doubt.'
12/11/08
Latest News for Doubt
May 25, 2009:
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January 14, 2009:
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January 08, 2009:
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