Doubt
We're No Angels
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Dis-clothes-her: during our daytime travels we actually got to see a lot of the
dallies of
Doubt. Like most films, it was shot out of order, and we were forced to watch
Meryl Streep yell at anyone with ears take after take. Without the benefit of seeing the finished product we surely thought that this was going to be one of the moisted boringist dry movies to come out this winter of discontent. Chef boy o boyardee weres wees wrong! Although this
John Patrick Shanley (
Moonstruck,
Joe Versus the Volcano) play turned into his own movie is quite stagy by being confined to a few sets, it's the absolute opposite of borings. Not to say that there's rockets launching every 10 minutes or that it's the moist visually (dis)pleasing
Paulie Litt film of the year,
like Speed Racer was (although the cinematography by
Roger Deakins is stark, yet stunning), but when Streep goes toe to toe with another top notch Hollywood yeller like
Philip Seymour Hoffman, we're all in for a real and possibly rare treat. It's like a
Frost/Nixon grill fest that coulda been titled Streep/Hoffman. The story is nothing complex -- priest Hoffman has a questionable relationship with the sole African-American boy in the church's school and a young nun on the run (played with great innocence by
Amy Adams) confides her feelings about the relationship with headmistress Streep, and Streep becomes convinced of his wrongdoing w/o any proof (or DOUBT!) and uses this seemingly baseless allegation as a catalyst to try to get him out of their school/church -- but simple or not, there aint a film out there right now that's more riveting than
Doubt. With such acting heavyweights slinging such good material, it's hammazin that
Viola Davis (who plays the boy's mother), can duke it out with the best of them and make a name for herself, even if she's in the film for only 5 or so minutes. Have no doubt and see
Doubt, a true feast for those who love acting
Sister Sister: poor-sighted Sister Veronica is played by
Alice Drummond, a woman you've seen in many a films, but is probably bestest known as
the scared libririan from GhostbustersVerdictgo:
Breast In ShowDoubt is currently playing at a theater near jews
and until next thyme the balcony is clothed...
