Doubt
“There are no simple truths.”
Director
John Patrick Shanley
Screenplay
John Patrick Shanley
Adapted from John Patrick Shanley's play, this drama pits a rigid Bronx Catholic school principal, Sister Aloysius (Meryl Streep), against the parish's charismatic new priest, Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman), whom she suspects — without definitive proof — of an inappropriate relationship with the school's only Black student. The film sustains its central ambiguity to the end, refusing to confirm guilt or innocence and instead interrogating the corrosive power of certainty itself. Streep and Hoffman's performances, alongside Amy Adams and Viola Davis in supporting roles, earned all four actors Oscar nominations. Shanley's own direction keeps the material's theatrical intensity intact without diluting its moral complexity.
Release
Dec 12, 2008
Budget
$20M
Country
United States of America
Revenue
$51M
Cast
Meryl Streep
Sister Aloysius Beauvier
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Father Brendan Flynn
Amy Adams
Sister James
Viola Davis
Mrs. Miller
Alice Drummond
Sister Veronica
Audrie Neenan
Sister Raymond
Susan Blommaert
Mrs. Carson
Carrie Preston
Christine Hurley
John Costelloe
Warren Hurley
Bridget Megan Clark
Noreen Horan
Mike Roukis
William London
Frank Dolce
Ralph
Paulie Litt
Tommy Conroy
Molly Chiffer
Sarah
Lydia Jordan
Alice
Suzanne Hevner
Mrs. Kean
Helen Stenborg
Sister Teresa
Margery Beddow
Mrs. Shields
Jack A. O'Connell
Mr. McGuinn
Marylouise Burke
Mrs. Deakins
Jackie Brown
Parishioner
Jennifer Lauren DiBella
Parishioner
Seth Donavan
Parishioner
Bernadette Lords
Parishioner
Jenny Paul
Parishioner
Reviews
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