Doubt (2008)
Country: US
Technical: DeLuxe 104m
Director: John Patrick Shanley
Cast: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams
Synopsis:
A Sister in charge of a Catholic school in New York in the sixties suspects the Father of child molestation and embarks on a campaign to have him removed. She may be right about the abuse, but could her persecution of him be a reaction to his introduction of modern concepts into his teaching, including the 'doctrine' of doubt? (A supposition borne out by her dismay at his eventual promotion.)
Review:
A theatrical property transfers pretty satisfactorily to the screen thanks to the performances and its director's eschewing of grandiose effects, but its final revelation is wanting in its power to shake the audience and elsewhere the play betrays its origins too much.
Country: US
Technical: DeLuxe 104m
Director: John Patrick Shanley
Cast: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams
Synopsis:
A Sister in charge of a Catholic school in New York in the sixties suspects the Father of child molestation and embarks on a campaign to have him removed. She may be right about the abuse, but could her persecution of him be a reaction to his introduction of modern concepts into his teaching, including the 'doctrine' of doubt? (A supposition borne out by her dismay at his eventual promotion.)
Review:
A theatrical property transfers pretty satisfactorily to the screen thanks to the performances and its director's eschewing of grandiose effects, but its final revelation is wanting in its power to shake the audience and elsewhere the play betrays its origins too much.
Country: US
Technical: DeLuxe 104m
Director: John Patrick Shanley
Cast: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams
Synopsis:
A Sister in charge of a Catholic school in New York in the sixties suspects the Father of child molestation and embarks on a campaign to have him removed. She may be right about the abuse, but could her persecution of him be a reaction to his introduction of modern concepts into his teaching, including the 'doctrine' of doubt? (A supposition borne out by her dismay at his eventual promotion.)
Review:
A theatrical property transfers pretty satisfactorily to the screen thanks to the performances and its director's eschewing of grandiose effects, but its final revelation is wanting in its power to shake the audience and elsewhere the play betrays its origins too much.