Doubt
2008 · Movie · PG-13 · 104 min · ★ 7.2 · 75% critics
Set in the Bronx in 1964, two Catholic school nuns clash over suspicions involving a new priest and a troubled student. As talk spreads and certainty proves elusive, their conflict intensifies within the confines of the school, raising uncomfortable questions about trust, evidence, and motives.
Based on Doubt: A Parable
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Details
- Years
- 2008
- Release date
- 2008-12-12
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Critic score
- 75/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (1,919 votes)
- Box office
- $51,699,984
- Budget
- $20,000,000
About
You’ll likely appreciate this if you enjoy serious, debate-sparking moral dramas with lingering uncertainty; Not for you if you want clear answers or lighter viewing, and you may prefer something along the lines of Dead Man Walking.
Pros: superb ensemble acting; tense dialogue; thought-provoking debate | Cons: heavy subject matter; ambiguity frustrates some; minor pacing issues
Themes
- sexual abuse
- nun
- wine
- priest
- janitor
- singing
- pedophile
- gossip
- compassion
- tolerance
- 1960s
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 2009 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 2009 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 2009 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 2009 · nominated
Cast & crew
Meryl Streep
as Sister Aloysius Beauvier
Philip Seymour Hoffman
as Father Brendan Flynn
Amy Adams
as Sister James
Viola Davis
as Mrs. Miller
Alice Drummond
as Sister Veronica
Audrie Neenan
as Sister Raymond
Susan Blommaert
as Mrs. Carson
Carrie Preston
as Christine Hurley
John Costelloe
as Warren Hurley
- LB
Lloyd Clay Brown
as Jimmy Hurley
Directed by John Patrick Shanley