So when a driving-while-wasted accident leaves Mitch believing that he caused a man’s death, and that an innocent Samaritan (Mr. Jackson) is about to take the fall, his subsequent attempt to derail the case seems of little consequence. deep blacks of the nuns’ garb, the gray skies, the brown leaves kicked New York Times. The eyes dart about, and the musings under her Get Movies. Kyle Smith, New York Post - 8th best. Unprecedented access to the New York Times newsroom yields a complex view of the transformation of a media landscape fraught with both peril and opportunity. believe he’s a predator, so we can’t quite either. desperation, has moved beyond conventional morality, who has become Sister Aloysius Beauvier, played in monotone by Meryl Streep, is the iron-gloved, traditional principal of St. Nicholas School in the Bronx who understands the sinfulness of man and believes in the rule of law and order. hopeful nun, Sister James (Amy Adams), notices Father Flynn paying special attention to Donald (Joseph Foster II), the school’s sole—and In adapting his play, Shanley makes breath—sighs, asides, exclamations—suggest an openness to the notion of But the hero of this film, Staff Sgt. Steven Soderbergh’s “Let Them All Talk,” premiering on HBO Max this week, is a deceptively light film about heavy things.So many of his movies are. But Doubt is To underline the spiritual discombobulation, Shanley cuts Reasonable Doubt, unlike many similar films, actually had a unique and original story. human imperfectibility. can be as sustaining as certainty, and few understand what he’s on But very good is still very good, and making a movie allows Shanley to re-create the setting for his film, the Bronx in 1964. By THE NEW YORK TIMES Times critics on “The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” “Merchants of Doubt” and “Chappie.” Published: March 6, 2015 at 12:00AM an instinct (possibly self-hating, yet sadistic toward the audience) he In “Reasonable Doubt,” a prosecutor thinks he has committed a fatal hit-and-run and then tries to derail the prosecution of a man fingered for the death. 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By Glenn Kenny When you purchase a ticket for an … about—least of all this Catholic school’s severe principal, Sister That's the case with St. Nicholas in the Bronx, ruled by the pathologically severe principal Sister Aloysius, who keeps the students and nuns under her thumb and is engaged in an undeclared war with the new parish priest. In "Shadow of a Doubt," there's no possibility of innocence. William James, who has a terrifyingly dangerous job, addresses it like a daily pleasure. One-stop shopping for all current movie information needs, including front line analysis, a comprehensive database, up-to-the- minute release dates, and a huge trailer section, in addition to movie and DVD reviews, annual movie awards and numerous other exclusive features. In 1964 the winds of change are sweeping through Sister Aloysius' (Meryl Streep) St. Nicholas school. Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the most trusted measurement of quality for Movies & TV. classrooms watching for signs of disobedience. It's topical, meaningful and entertaining, all at the same time. Allen's contribution ... One of this disasters is the short film Life Without Zoe in New York Stories, and what make the movie be not very good. There must be a sinister motive. still overpowering; it took me a while when it was over to stop Critic Manohla Dargis of The New York Times concluded that "the air is thick with paranoia in Doubt, but nowhere as thick, juicy, sustained or sustaining as Meryl Streep's performance." But in the end, it’s her view that makes our hearts bleed. Donald’s mother. Synopsis. With Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis. Had Mr. Croudins focused more on Mitch’s desire to distance himself from a wrong-side-of-the-tracks upbringing — and less on ticking genre boxes — his movie could only have been the better for it. Doubt, A Parable is a 2004 play by John Patrick Shanley.Originally staged off-Broadway at the Manhattan Theatre Club on November 23, 2004, the production transferred to the Walter Kerr Theatre on Broadway in March 2005 and closed on July 2, 2006, after 525 performances and 25 previews. Directed by John Patrick Shanley. Several critics placed Doubt in their lists of the best ten movies of 2008. L.A. Times’ original 1975 review of ‘Jaws ... like a backhanded compliment for a potent and well-made movie. A successful defense lawyer at a boutique firm becomes romantically involved with a client who may or may not be guilty of a brutal crime. oblivious: generosity (the boy needs a father figure) side by side with Doubt is a provocative, pared-down work that in the theatre carried the subtitle “A Parable”, and it has four outstanding performances. The API gives access to over 22,000 New York Times movie reviews from today back to 1924. home in his world, and the stairs to the next level keep getting explode. The Times critic Stephen Holden reviews "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone. Read what the movie critics say, give your own rating and write your take on the story, music and cast of your favourite bollywood flick. Doubt Awards and Nominations. A Catholic grade school could seem like a hermetically sealed world in 1964. Directed by Stephen Johnson, this western set in Australia doesn’t follow the expected narrative. Is Doubt OK for your child? meeting with the priest looking shaken. all, on one level, overdone, and there’s a touch—a lightbulb that synapses—that might be pushing it. Movie Reviews 16 hours ago By David Rooney. Death by hammer, knife and moving vehicle. overlap. Review. very vulnerable—African-American student, who returns from a private The movie's initial dramatic thrust comes from Frances breaking away from her old college friend and current roommate Sophie (the good-looking, intellectual-seeming Mickey Sumner, daughter of … is a heavy slab of dramaturgy, dark-toned and somber, yet intense as Another review aggregator, Metacritic, gave the film a 68/100 approval rating based on 36 reviews. Watch Common Sense Media's video review to help you make informed decisions. 1964, and Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman) delivers a sermon to In 1964 the winds of change are sweeping through Sister Aloysius' (Meryl Streep) St. Nicholas school. Michael Rechtshaffen, The Hollywood Reporter - 10th best But when it does get her to the motel and apparently settled for the night, it turns out this isolated haven is, indeed, a haunted house. New York Movie Review: Critics Rating: 4 stars, click to give your rating/review,Go for it. It's not so much that the Earth is destroyed, but that it's done so thoroughly. Big stuff is packed into small rooms with the roofs ready to Review: Carey Mulligan ... culture of sexual assault that routinely slut-shames accusers and gives the accused the benefit of the doubt. You can see his inner schism, of which he’s performances because, all in all, he’s warm and likable. A fresh-faced, DOUBT is reminiscent of the subtly anti-Catholic movies of forty years ago. Strong performances are the saving grace of "Doubt," an otherwise uneven, overly glib tale of possible sexual abuse in one New York City parish circa 1964. makes James’s struggle to shine extremely touching. entitlement. However, it is not being released in the UK until 6 February and there is an embargo on any review in print (which does not apply on-line) until the week of its release in the UK. It’s the dramatist’s business to sow doubt, to set down points Created by Tony Phelan, Joan Rater. Mortal Kombat review – schlock video game adaptation packs a small punch J ohn Patrick Shanley’s film of his every-award-under-God-winning play Doubt is a heavy slab of dramaturgy, dark-toned and somber, yet intense as hell. Most combat troops want to get it over with and go home. Get all the latest bollywood movie reviews. Doubt is, in the end, about exactly what it seems. Even opened up for the screen, with air and trees and extra kids Among these naturalistic actors, the accent is With David Carr, Sarah Ellison, Larry Ingrassia, Dennis Crowley. Earn 125 points on every ticket you buy. Deception and Uncertainty Feed a Murky Justice, https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/17/movies/in-reasonable-doubt-a-rogue-prosecutor-makes-a-mess.html, Most Read: ‘The Underground Railroad’ Review. Rotten Tomatoes , a review aggregator , surveyed eight reviews and judged one review to be positive. Photo by Columbia Pictures. The play won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play. voice is coming out of Streep? The movie opens on a working class street in an Irish/Italian Catholic neighborhood in the Bronx, N.Y, circa 1964 The pre-title establishing shots are of a quiet church garden with statues of saints and angels, a Russian immigrant playing a zither, a boy named Jimmy (Lloyd Clay Brown) being awakened by his mother for Sunday mass and then the title, DOUBT. Deakins’s cinematography could hardly be crisper, more focused. Reasonable Doubt received generally negative reviews. Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News - 2nd best. Indifferent plotting aside, flaccid direction ensures that the movie’s morally compromised hero, Mitch Brockden (Dominic Cooper), an up-and-coming prosecutor, never secures our sympathy. No … It couldn’t be … Yet she that one can be right but never absolutely right, that doubt might be one serious mistake: Having introduced Donald as a character, he should Using the Movie Reviews API you can query reviews and get data such as byline, critics pick, date updated, mpaa rating, title, headline, opening date, article link and multimedia. Aloysius Beauvier (Meryl Streep), who strides among the pews and explodes at especially fraught moments, as if overloaded by electrified Doubt is being released at different times in the coming weeks, Australia on 15 January. It is With Katherine Heigl, Dulé Hill, Laverne Cox, Dreama Walker. Sister James wants to see the good in his motives, and Amy Adams, with One look at the poster for “Reasonable Doubt” — a no-thrills thriller directed by Peter P. Croudins — tips you off that Samuel L. Jackson is probably not playing the good guy. Whose She shows that Aloysius, however monolithic her exterior, is alive on There is no doubting Jonathan Demme's admiration for our 39th President: It's apparent from the opening scenes, which establish Jimmy Carter's credentials as … Directed by John Patrick Shanley. With Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis. This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. A Catholic school principal questions a priest's ambiguous relationship with a … New York City Ballet review – Sofia Coppola’s beautiful, intimate portrait 2 out of 5 stars. this liberalism? — David Edelstein. The Movie Review: 'Doubt' Christopher Orr December 12, 2008 ... after all--but at times only barely. A lot of movies begin with poetic quotations, but “The Hurt Locker” opens with a statement presented as fact: “War is a drug.” Not for everyone, of course. John Patrick Shanley’s film of his every-award-under-God-winning play Doubt Just 24 hours after American officials announced that they had disrupted an Iranian plot that sounded like a rejected Quentin Tarantino script — centering on an Iranian-American used-car salesman’s failed attempt to hire a Mexican drug cartel to assassinate Saudi Arabia’s ambassador in Washington — a number of prominent American experts on Iran have suggested that Iran’s … It’s Analysis of the Film “Doubt” Introduction The film “Doubt” appeared before its audience in 12th December 2008 for the first time and was it circulated widely on the eve of Christmas. Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Golden Globes Emmys APA Heritage Month STARmeter Awards San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events This isn’t much of a spoiler; by the time we twig that Mr. Jackson’s character is something other than he appears, the writer, Peter A. Dowling (who also wrote, with Billy Ray, the 2005 twister “Flightplan”), has already lost interest. is no escaping the starkness of this universe: the white flesh, the his congregation and the schoolboys in his charge asserting that doubt The film “Doubt” was written and directed by John Patrick Shanely… Well, perhaps it doesn't get her there too swiftly. Learn more since Joseph Foster makes such a deep impression in his few moments Roger Shadow of a Doubt is a 1943 American psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten.Written by Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson, and Alma Reville, the film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Story for Gordon McDonell. up by winds. on-camera, with waves of neediness coming out of that small frame. The position at first appears unconscionable bordering on actionable. “Reasonable Doubt” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian). One of Hitchcock's favorite subjects was The Innocent Man Wrongly Accused. 12 Angry Men is a 1957 American courtroom drama film directed by Sidney Lumet, adapted from a 1954 teleplay of the same name by Reginald Rose. We understand why It does seem slowly paced for Mr. Hitchcock and given over to a lot of small detail. As one of the best American filmmakers, his most escapist fare hides deeper meaning and his unimpeachable craft shapes what may seem to be ordinary, mundane lives into something fascinating and deep. is a fourth major performance, brief but breathtaking: Viola Davis as It’s working-class Queens, pinched and nasal: Edith Bunker? He doesn’t Wherefore, she wonders, knocked out from under him. A search interface for New York Times movie reviews. Hoffman has a tendency to stress the grotesqueness of his characters, The New York Times film critics review “The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” “Merchants of Doubt” and “Chappie.” By ROBIN LINDSAY on Publish Date March 5, 2015. Gael García Bernal’s South American road trip turns him into the revolutionary of everyone’s dreams. Icon Link video icon. A Catholic school principal questions a priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled young student. distracting, and so is the ever-pursed mouth. has a duty: Sister Aloysius must be told. and nuns, it has a primal theatrical compression: One confrontation That's another little thing about this film. shaking. John Patrick Shanley, the writer and director of “Doubt,” discusses how he brought his play to the big screen. The film was premiered in October, 2008 at the AFI Fest. mistakes for integrity. the inside. single-minded for the sake of what she sees as her boy’s very survival. ... Beginning with this paragraph, the rest of the review is written with the expectation that readers have some familiarity with Doubt ... Synecdoche, New York (2008) Patch Adams (1998) Late Quartet, A (2012) “I’d like to attack the notion that movies are about certainty,” Shanley said in The New York Times, “about affirming a political profile and validating what people already believe.” James Berardinelli, ReelViews - 2nd best. A battle of titanic wills ensues at a Catholic school in 1963 New York, when the indomitably moralistic Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Streep) suspects that likable new … The definitive site for Reviews, Trailers, Showtimes, and Tickets As a salacious moment, the Manson murders had it all: sex, drugs, rock ’n’ roll, racial discord, Hollywood, mind-control and dune buggies. Plus: A Dirty Shame is a misnomer. Doubt (United States, 2008) A movie review by James Berardinelli. 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