Sunday, January 4, 2009

Movie Review: Doubt

This is the second movie I've watched recently where ambiguity rules the day. In Doubt, one isn't sure if Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Meryl Streep) is correct in her child molestation accusations against Father Brendan Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman). My guess is that she is not correct in her accusations that Father Flynn is molesting the first black student, Donald Miller, in school history; however, I do believe she might be on the right track. There is one child who appears to withdraw from Father Flynn, but then even there just because a child withdraws whenever a figure of authority passes by doesn't mean there is child molestation going on.

I consider this a well done movie -- great acting, great storyline, great everything.

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