 Doubt
Starring: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis
Directed by: John Patrick Shanley
Screenplay: John Patrick Shanley
Release Date: December 12, 2008
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for thematic material.
Studio: Miramax Films
 Domestic: $33,254,900 (67.1%)
Foreign: $16,281,248 (32.9%)
Total: $49,536,148 (Worldwide)
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 John Patrick Shanley brings his play DOUBT to the screen, in a story about the quest for truth, the forces of change, and the devastating consequences of blind justice in an age defined by moral conviction.
It's 1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. A vibrant, charismatic priest, Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman), is trying to upend the school's strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Meryl Streep), 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 (Amy Adams), a hopeful innocent, shares with Sister Aloysius her guilt-inducing 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 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.
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