Overview
Genre
DramaRelease Date
December 12, 2008 (Limited)MPAA Rating
PG-13Production Budget
$25 millionsStudio
Miramax FilmsOfficial Site
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Cast and Crew
Director
John Patrick ShanleyProducer
Scott Rudin, Mark RoybalScreenwriter
John Patrick ShanleyStarring
- Amy Adams as Sister James
- Meryl Streep as Sister Aloysius Beauvier
- Philip Seymour Hoffman as Father Flynn
- Viola Davis as Mrs. Miller
- Lloyd Clay Brown
- Joseph Foster
- Bridget Megan Clark
- Paulie Litt
Story
John Patrick Shanley brings his play "Doubt" to the screen, in a story about the quest for truth, the forces of change, and the devastating consequences of blind justice in an age defined by moral conviction.
It's 1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. A vibrant, charismatic priest, Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman), is trying to upend the school's strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Meryl Streep), the iron-gloved Principal who believes in the power of fear and discipline. The winds of political change are sweeping through the country, and, indeed, the school has just accepted its first black student, Donald Miller. But when Sister James (Amy Adams), a hopeful innocent, shares with Sister Aloysius her suspicion that Father Flynn is paying too much personal attention to Donald, Sister Aloysius is galvanized to begin a crusade to both unearth the truth and expunge Flynn from the school. Now, without ashred of proof or evidence except her moral certainty, Sister Aloysius locks into a battle of wills with Father Flynn, a battle that threatens to tear apart the Church and school with devastating consequences.
