Day 296: Doubt

Directed By- John Patrick Shanley

Written By- John Patrick Shanley; Based On his Pulitzer Prize Winning Play: Doubt: A Parable 

Starring- Philip Seymour Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Viola Davis, Joseph Foster

Run Time: 1 hr 44 min.

Critics Review- "Doubt has exact and merciless writing, powerful performances and timeless relevance. It causes us to start thinking with the first shot, and we never stop. Think how rare that is in a film."- Roger Ebert "Chicago Sun-Times" 

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 78% [CERTIFIED FRESH] Audience- 75%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 4 1/2 stars

My Review- 

I have wanted to see this movie since it first came out, and when I found out it was a play I wanted to read it first then watch the movie, however I had to do the opposite but it works out since the writer of the play is also the writer and director of the movie so that's cool. The one thing that really got me for this movie is the whole movie is based off one woman's observation and than let the suspicion which is like that for the whole movie and is like that for everyone in the movie and anybody watching it. This movie has all amazing actors in it from Hoffman to Streep which were my two favorite actors in this film and I really wanted to see these two go ahead to ahead with each other acting wise and I was extremely pleased, even though the actor I wanted to come out victorious did not, I was still extremely pleased. There were some flaws in the film but this whole film was held together by the powerful acting even by Viola Davis who was only in the movie for less than 10 minutes. After watching the movie I would love to read the play now to see how well or if the characters are explained even more than they were in the film. It's just that this whole movie has you thinking from the time of incident to the last minutes of the film and that is what I really loved about this movie and really love about movies that do this. So it is official Philip Seymour Hoffman is my new favorite actor for the longest time it was Will Smith since I was about a kid actually, now Hoffman is at the top of the list and this movie sealed the deal for me that he can switch from being very funny in a comedy to a drama like this one with the snap of a finger. This is one movie that should not be missed, the acting is outstanding, the story will make you think and this is one movie that could have worked in anytime era, but I like the one the writer chose since it was from his play it seems like he chose to stay with his play which I will read very soon in the near future.