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Ben Lyons, At the Movies: It is one of those plays that I think should have stay on the stage. Read more
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: A taut, high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse drives the absorbing psychological thriller Doubt. Read more
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: The air is thick with paranoia in Doubt, but nowhere as thick, juicy, sustained or sustaining as Meryl Streep's performance. Read more
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture: John 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. Read more
Albert Williams, Chicago Reader: Streep and Hoffman are pitch-perfect, and Amy Adams is also superb as a young nun caught up in the conflict. Read more
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: The movie is a mystery tour of human motives, and a cautionary tale about the dangers of being sure. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: Doubt, which on the page burns with stark simplicity, has gotten a little cluttered in the translation. But if you want to see remarkable screen acting, ignore the howling wind and watch these faces. Read more
Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com: Shanley, who has not directed a feature film since his maiden misadventure almost twenty years ago with Joe Versus the Volcano, has neither the skill nor the perspective to turn his Broadway powerhouse into a movie of similar punch. Read more
Scott Tobias, AV Club: Doubt is a complex, thematically loaded piece of work, and though it isn't enhanced on film, it deserves the wider exposure. Read more
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: Doubt, John Patrick Shanley's film adaptation of his acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning play, is a showcase for actors -- and it never lets you forget it. Read more
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: As a consideration of faith and propriety, the movie never managed to boil my blood or break my heart. Read more
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: Shanley has adapted, slightly expanded and directed his play for the screen, and while it helps to enjoy the old-school dramaturgy and knowing theatrical craftsmanship of the piece, I'm probably not alone in my surprise at how well the results work on scr Read more
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle: Doubt asks hard questions, and we dutifully squirm in reply. Read more
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: Doubt offers up the crackling pleasures of performance and a narrative that snaps shut like a mousetrap. It's the movie equivalent of a rousing night at the theater. Read more
John Moore, Denver Post: Doubt is a missed opportunity, all the way through to its final scene, which isn't nearly the statement it might have been. Read more
Tom Long, Detroit News: John Patrick Shanley the writer should never again hire John Patrick Shanley the director. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: Doubt, fussily overdirected by its author, John Patrick Shanley, dulls the play's own sharp inquiries into the dangerous power of those who profess certainty with God on their side. Read more
Tom Maurstad, Dallas Morning News: This is a film bound to provoke differing interpretations and lively conversation at the cafe or in the car after it's over. A movie that's rewarding to think and talk about: That's the nicest Christmas present you can give a moviegoer. Read more
Amy Nicholson, I.E. Weekly: Meryl Streep is fantastic in Doubt, but I'd rather watch her again in Mamma Mia. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Inhabiting this world are two particularly well-matched antagonists. Read more
Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly: Doubt is being squired around town as prime Oscar bait. But in Shanley's hands, it only looks deep. Read more
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald: Doubt is not exactly a tour de force, but the film succeeds on the wattage of its stars, Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman, as a nun and priest at odds over an unspeakable suspicion. Read more
Rafer Guzman, Newsday: Given the incendiary subject and powerful cast, Doubt could have been explosive, but ends up merely solid. Read more
David Ansen, Newsweek: Doubt stirs up a lot of stormy theatrical weather, but the stolid transfer from stage to screen does Shanley's play no favors. Read more
Anthony Lane, New Yorker: If only Doubt had been made in 1964, shot by Roger Corman over a long weekend, and retitled Spawn of the Devil Witch or Blood Wimple, all would have been forgiven. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: Crammed with great performances and authentic period detail (you can almost smell the cafeteria food and the mimeograph ink), it's a fine adaptation of a provocative play. Shanley should feel proud of himself. Read more
Bob Mondello, NPR: Doubt cast a long moral shadow on Broadway, but seems blunter on screen. Shanley's fussy directorial notions are less nuanced than the religious and moral arguments he's given his characters. Read more
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: Shanley paints a shaded picture where even a final, spontaneous act of contrition contains multitudes of meaning. Read more
Lou Lumenick, New York Post: Meryl Streep is frighteningly good as Sister Aloysius, the fire-breathing principal of a 1964 Bronx parochial school in John Patrick Shanley's powerful but stagy Doubt. Read more
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: John Patrick Shanley's Doubt left me less moved than querulously dissatisfied despite the impressive performances of Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, and Viola Davis in all the key roles. Read more
Rex Reed, New York Observer: The crisis of faith faced by everyone in Doubt raises the biggest doubt of all. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: Thanks to a nearly perfect cast, this provocative glimpse into the Catholic priest child-molestation scandal manages to be deeply disturbing on several levels. Read more
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: For all its high-caliber performances, its cutting dissection of the roles of men and women within the Catholic hierarchy, and its timely resonance in the wake of the church's sexual abuse scandals, there's something pat and tidy about Doubt. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: It is drama of the highest caliber, shaped by words and characters and directed with a simplicity that stands in stark contrast to the complexity of the people and issues on screen. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: 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. Read more
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: Nothing in Doubt -- which Shanley directed, adapting his own Pulitzer Prize-winning stage play -- is certain, definitive or clear. Least of all the filmmaking. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Doubt is a commendable rendering of John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama. Read more
Dana Stevens, Slate: Cinematically, Doubt is something of a dud. But if it remains a play, it's an ingeniously structured one, with smart, thought-provoking words spoken by fabulous actors. Read more
Kristin Tillotson, Minneapolis Star Tribune: While the Streep-Hoffman death match is the film's dramatic high point, its success lies in its defiant refusal to trot out even a slightly satisfying answer to the question: Did he or didn't he? Read more
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: Most film mysteries are meant to be solved, but not this one. That's because the doubt in Doubt is presented as a virtue that, being its own reward, the audience is asked to heartily embrace. Read more
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: Every element of Doubt is in perfect balance. Read more
Dave Calhoun, Time Out: Empathy is one of the dramatist's slyest weapons and Shanley uses it wisely. Read more
Christopher Orr, The New Republic: Doubt still creaks a bit of the stage, displaying the kind of tidy narrative geometry that's easier to pull off in the acknowledged artifice of live theater than in the feigned intimacy of cinema. Read more