Doubt

Hindsight is 20/20 and if I would have known that Madison's own Stroller's Theatre put on the play "Doubt" last September, I definitely would have seen it. Note to self: support local theaters and artistic venues. John Patrick Shanley wrote the play, screenplay and directed the movie, Doubt. What an amazing accomplishment. He has written and directed a story that is topical (Catholic priest's actions), personal (our own individual opinions on religion), heart-wrenching and most of all, extremely thought-provoking. Philip Seymour Hoffman and Meryl Streep show their usual awesome acting ability. Like them or not, you have to admit that they really become the roles they portray. Amy Adams in my mind was better in Enchanted or even Charlie Wilson's War. To me she was a little too naive and trusting but now as I write this, I think that was the point of her character. Viola Davis totally steals the 1 scene that she is in (pretty amazing when she shares that scene with Meryl Streep) and deserves her nomination in the same way that Dame Judi Dench wowed viewers with her brief but Oscar-winning performance in Shakespeare In Love. If you walk out of this movie in not only awe from the acting and story, you will at least be thinking the title in your head. I give this two thumbs pointed up in prayer to the heavens hoping for justice to any wrongdoing OR wrongful accusations.