Doubt

Genre: Drama
Watched With: Nobody @ The Cathay (25/01)
Snacks: Green Tea

The year is 1964. And it is a time of.. well.. doubt.

Sister James (Amy Adams) is a young teacher at St. Nicholas Church School. The headmistress Sister Aloysius (Meryl Streep) starts to suspect that something is amiss when a priest - Father Flynn (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) - starts showing erratic behaviour especially shown in the topics of his weekly church sermons and also in the protective nature he shows to Donald Miller (Joseph Foster), who happens to be the only African American boy in school, subjecting his to discrimination by the other boys at school.

And discoveries by Sister James leads everyone to believe that Father Flynn seems to have a hidden agenda with the boy.
And at a time and place where nuns are below priests in the pecking order - how are they going to sort this out.

Is anything really wrong?
And if so, how can they prove it?
And since there is no real proof, can they go against the order of things at the church?

This is based on a stage play by John Patrick Shanley that has a very successful run in the early part of this decade.
And since the setting was such, the strength of the play had to obviously be shown through the performances of the cast members.
And that's exactly what it was.

The performances by Amy Adams, Meryl Streep & Phillip Seymour Hoffman were compelling to say the least.
The dialogue paired with the delivery of the 3 leads were enough to keep you glued to the movie with anticipation to get to the bottom of things. And at time you might even root for a certain character but later on change your minds based on a plot development.

Okay sure not exactly the best movie to go to if you're looking for enjoyment.
This was a pretty serious and sombre tone for a movie.
So i reckon it's good. But better on DVD.

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