Doubt

It's 1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. A charismatic priest, Father Flynn, is trying to upend the schools' 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 community, 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 guilt-inducing suspicion that Father Flynn is paying too much personal attention to Donald, Sister Aloysius sets off on a personal crusade to unearth the truth and to expunge Flynn from the school. Now, without a shard of proof besides her moral certainty, Sister Aloysius locks into a battle of wills with Father Flynn which threatens to tear apart the community with irrevocable consequence. What follows is a verbal duel in which every word is sharpened to a fine point. This film is haunting and so far the most dramatic of the films I've been catching up on this week, being is the subject matter is so hard to swallow. Meryl Streep is relentless, her performance is so powerful that it had me on the edge of my seat. Her nonstop pursuit for the truth is awe-inspiring, a women who has nearly nothing to go from, but uses everything that she can outside of the system is perceptive and gripping stuff. Doubt is certainly a tough film to take in, but well worth the passionate journey for truth.

5 out of 5

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