Doubt

Common Sense Media reviews Doubt for kids and families.

In 1964 a nun confronts a priest she believes is abusing a student.

Common Sense Media reviews Doubt for kids and families.

The first TV Spot for Doubt which is due to hit theaters on December 12, 2008.

It s 1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. A vibrant, charismatic priest, Father Flynn is trying to upend the school s strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier 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, 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 to expunge Flynn from the school. Now, without a shred 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.

A special featurette for Doubt where the cast talks about the choice to have Philip Seymour Hoffman play Father Brendan Flynn. Doubt is now available on DVD and Blu-ray.

A special featurette for Doubt which takes a close look at the Sisters of Charity and how their garments became a habit. Doubt is now available on DVD and Blu-ray.

The trailer for Doubt. John Patrick Shanley s 2005 Pulitzer Prize-winning Doubt is a riveting exploration of paranoia and suspicion in the Catholic Church. Set in a Bronx parochial school in 1964 just as the Vatican II reforms begin to transfigure the Church evidence of a priest s wrongdoing comes to light. Sister Aloysius, a strict school principal and traditionalist nun, faces the decision of a lifetime: Does she openly accuse a priest and give voice to her fear of his sinful actions, or does she bury her suspicions and leave room for doubt? This intense and personal power struggle between Sister Aloysius and Father Flynn ultimately calls into question both faith and justice in the shadows of this cloistered institution.

The third TV Spot for Doubt which is due to hit theaters on December 12, 2008.

The second TV Spot for Doubt which is due to hit theaters on December 12, 2008.