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Meryl Streep (Actor), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Actor), John Patrick Shanley (Director) | Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over | Format: DVD
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  • Actors: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis
  • Directors: John Patrick Shanley
  • Writers: John Patrick Shanley
  • Format: Anamorphic, PAL
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Portuguese, Dutch, Hindi
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
  • DVD Release Date: 6 July 2009
  • Run Time: 100 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B001QFZ4GI
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank:: 2,240 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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It's always a risk when writers direct their own work, since some playwrights don't travel well from stage to screen. Aided by Roger Deakins, of No Country for Old Men fame, who vividly captures the look of a blustery Bronx winter, Moonstruck's John Patrick Shanley pulls it off. If Doubt makes for a dialogue-heavy experience, like The Crucible and 12 Angry Men, the words and ideas are never dull, and a consummate cast makes each one count. Set in 1964 and loosely inspired by actual events, Shanley focuses on St. Nicholas, a Catholic primary school that has accepted its first African-American student, Donald Miller (Joseph Foster), who serves as altar boy to the warm-hearted Father Flynn (Phillip Seymour Hoffman). Donald may not have any friends, but that doesn't worry his mother, Mrs. Miller (Viola Davis in a scene-stealing performance), since her sole concern is that her son gets a good education. When Sister James (Amy Adams) notices Flynn concentrating more of his attentions on Miller than the other boys, she mentions the matter to Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Meryl Streep), the school's hard-nosed principal. Looking for any excuse to push the progressive priest out of her tradition-minded institution, Sister Aloysius sets out to destroy him, and if that means ruining Donald's future in the process--so be it. Naturally, she's the least sympathetic combatant in this battle, but Streep invests her disciplinarian with wit and unexpected flashes of empathy. Of all the characters she's played, Sister Aloysius comes closest to caricature, but she never feels like a cartoon; just a sad woman willing to do anything to hold onto what little she has before the forces of change render her--and everything she represents--redundant. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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Written and directed by Academy Award-winner John Patrick Shanley (Moonstruck) and with an exceptional cast including Academy Award-winners Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman plus Academy Award-nominee Amy Adams, Doubt is a gripping 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 community 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 guilt-inducing suspicion that Father Flynn is paying too much personal attention to Donald, Sister Aloysius sets off on a personal crusade to unearth the truth and to expunge Flynn from the school. Now, without a shard of proof besides her moral certainty, Sister Aloysius locks into a battle of wills with Father Flynn which threatens to tear apart the community with irrevocable consequence.

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54 of 57 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping and thought-provoking, 10 Mar 2009
By MT (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Doubt [DVD] [2008] (DVD)
I rarely review films and books, especially those I enjoyed, as it is usually a very personal experience, but when to my amazement I found such mixed reviews for what in my opinion is a masterpiece, I felt the need to speak out.

Everyone will have their own opinion in the end, but the negative reviews of this film to date appear particularly misleading (incidentally one of them actually contains spoilers--shouldn't Amazon.co.uk filter these out?), and I feel the need to clarify a few things.

You see, this is NOT a courtroom drama or a John Grisham action thriller. Some of the reviewers seem to have expected this to be the case, since the story revolves around whether a priest is guilty of a heinous crime. But what this film is actually about is what you learn in the process of his persecution by the mother superior.

In "Doubt", people reveal just how far they are willing to go in pursuit of a cause they believe in. Love of God is put to test as human, almost primal urges rear their head. Parents are shown to be willing to make unspeakable compromises. And a young and naive nun learns that little is certain, except eternal doubt.
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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars HAVE NO DOUBT. THIS IS A GREAT FILM, 24 Feb 2009
By Peter Hurst "peter hurst" (wigan, england) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Doubt [DVD] [2008] (DVD)
John Patrick Stanley's film adaptation of his own Pulitzer Prize and Tony award winning play 'Doubt: a Parable' unfortunately did not come up with any Oscars Sunday night but still deserves accolades for it's multi-layered plot, excellent performances and thought-provoking denouement.

The setting of the film at a Catholic school in a largely Irish/American Catholic neighbourhood of the Bronx in 1964 - a year after the deaths of JFK and Pope John XXXIII and the convocation of the second Vatican Council, which boldly sought a rapprochement of the Catholic church with the modern world - emphasises the central conflict of the film between:- (A) The old certainties of the past, as embodied by Meryl Streep's arch-traditionalist, stern, foreboding, ball-point pen hating nun. (B) The ever-increasing uncertainties of the present represented by Patrick Seymour Hoffman's modernist, charming and openly liberal parish priest.

The story is ostensibly a sort of 'whodunnit'? (or rather 'did-he-do-it'?) in regards to allegations of innappropriate relations with children but on a deeper level probes further into the nature of faith in an ever-changing and increasingly secularised world. Is Phillip Seymour Hoffman's character a sexual predator or merely a misunderstood victim? is Meryl Streep's character an overzealous gossip or true believer? there is indeed doubt. The film does not underestimate the intelligence of the audience and allows for several interpretations. Thought-provoking, engrossing and well-acted by a strong cast. A film that is well worth a watch.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars It takes a cat to catch a mouse..., 4 April 2009
By Big Bertha (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Doubt [DVD] [2008] (DVD)
Meryl Streep plays Sister Aloysius Beauvier a principal at a Catholic elementary school in the early sixties. In this powerful drama she suspects the priest Father Flynn (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) of having an inappropriate interest in her first black student, Donald Miller who is also one of the altar boys.

When Sister James (Amy Adams) a junior nun comes to her with similar concerns she feels compelled to take action.

The powerful impact of this film is acted out in one on one conversations/confrontations between herself, Sister James, Father Flynn and the boys mother played by Viola Davis.

It's not an action thriller, it goes deeper than that. It is a very well acted, thought provoking and powerful drama about how far Sister Beauvier was prepared to go to prevent wrong-doing even when there's doubt. There are some very moving scenes particularly the one between Sister Beauvier and the boys mother.

Definately recommended.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Doubt DVD Review
I received this DVD in the post much quicker than I anticipated so the service was excellent. The DVD looks ok and is still in its original plastic wrapping. Read more
Published 2 months ago by M. Illingworth

3.0 out of 5 stars Thrown into a backspin
Set in the confines of a Roman Catholic school, somewhere around the early 1960s in The Bronx, New York, this film touches on matters very much affecting the RC Church today. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Eileen Shaw

5.0 out of 5 stars DOUBT DVD 2008
EXELENT DVD THIS IS A REAL EYE OPENER.
ALSO EXELENT SERVICE
Published 4 months ago by R. Thomas

5.0 out of 5 stars No DOUBT about this one!
Intriguing story and all parts extremely well cast and acted. Direction was exceptional I thought. I would have hated to be a pupil in a school with a Meryl Streep type... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Maddydunn

4.0 out of 5 stars very good
Another very good Meryl Streep film with the addition of the excellent Philip Seymour Hoffman
Published 5 months ago by Mr. Norman Stokoe

5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Great at all means, astonishing, Meryl Streep is a great actress, she gives deepness to the character. Read more
Published 5 months ago by ZoeCenac

3.0 out of 5 stars A little disappointed
This is brilliantly acted, and almost straight away gets right to the point. It kind of ended suddenly i was expecting a lil bit more than what it gave. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Lil Bill

5.0 out of 5 stars Do not be put off by subject matter.
This is the cleverest script i've ever come across.
I almost didn't watch this film because of the subject matter but i'm so glad i did. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Rockrules

5.0 out of 5 stars Room for Doubt (contains spoilers)
I have noticed that in most American films there seems to be a cultural preference for neat happy-endings. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Law Don

4.0 out of 5 stars Doubt, Blu-Ray
`Doubt' is an outstanding film with exemplary performances from both Meryl Streep and Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Read more
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