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Doubt

Review by Alissa Wilkinson | posted 12/12/2008 12:00AM

Doubt is a bundle of questions, chiseled to a point and encased in the trappings of a Catholic church era now nearly forgotten. It boasts one of the finest leading casts this year—seventeen Oscar ...

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Marnie

Posted: July 19, 2009 8:24 AM

I think doubt is mostly always an element in any kind of sexual scandal since there are rarely any eye witnesses and most people are torn between accusing someone without evidence vs. saving future children from harm. Our courts will not convict someone on circumstantial evidence even though everyone might be 'certain' that the accused is guilty. I am 'certain' that OJ killed his wife. I am 'certain' that Ted Kennedy was responsible for Mary Jo K. death. I am not saying he murdered her but that his actions led to her death. I feel that you ignore gossip at your own peril. Gossip can be overly exaggerated but there is always something to it. The young person believes in 'innocent until proven guilty' whereas the older person has too many experiences that contradict that stance. And so.... I believe that this movie is about the doubt we feel about gossip and also about how difficult it can be to be a whistle blower.

Christy

Posted: June 24, 2009 10:48 PM

I like plays and this film based on a play maintained that tightly-constructed, literary, dialogue-focused essense of stage drama. Meryl Streep was amazing and I give her four stars. She made a cold, harsh woman into a protagonist you could not hate. I appreciated that the movie did not seem to be trying to rail on the Catholic church for its clergy sex abuse problems, so much as just using the Catholic church as a context and setting to explore the themes of doubt and certainty and its consequences. It could have been very anti-religious, but it wasn't. Not a really inspiring or moving message, but engrossing and thought-provoking.

Nathan Guinn

Posted: April 11, 2009 12:55 PM


This movie was simply brilliant. I think the entire cast (Amy Adams included) did a fantastic job of relaying a story that makes you use critical thinking in order to deduce an outcome. We never know what really happened, but that's what makes the film all more better; we're left with nothing but an unfinished ending and our imaginations.

Jonathan

Posted: March 22, 2009 1:48 PM


The acting in Doubt was really good with exception of Phillip Seymour Hoffman (still not bad). The story was alright but slow getting into the good, dramatic parts of the movie. I recommend this movie to everyone who likes the old time church problems and suspenseful movies.

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