funny thing is the boy didnt look upset in church because the priest was leaving. not to me, to me it showed him looking around at the students, knowing that he is going to be bullied until june when he leaves the school, and isnt looking forward to it. people who try to use this as proof that the boy was happy with being molested by the priest always seem to forget the scene after he comes back from being molested and puts his head on the desk and has the alochol on his breath.
wow...she has no doubts about the priest. "his resignation was his confession" "he was who i thought he was". even amy adams character knew at this point. its amazing how many people misinterpret this ending... its very obvious by her line "but there is a price to pay" that shes talking about doubts in her faith, not doubts about that priest.
This was the last Meryl Streep film where she deserved the Best Actress Oscar nomination. It is a shame that she was able to dignify a film based on a play that did not translate well.
Yes, but every award season, she becomes more and more overrated. She is a brilliant actress, yes, but she isn't the only one. I think its interesting that she made a movie about a British politician not too long after she was unable to play Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen.
It's totally *not* clear that the guy was a pedo. It is intentionally very vague. It was clearly possible that he was a pedo. Meryl's character also wanted to oust him because he was using the pulpit to preach a progressive message. She had doubts about her own certainty. About God, the church (for not seeming to care whether he actually was or not), about the rightness of her own actions.
When I saw this movie in the theater, I gasped and let out a sob at these lines. Throughout the film you ask yourself repeatedly, is she going overboard. I never felt any doubt about _her_ certainty, though. There are so many factors involved in the reasons for her pursuing the case, and there are further complications, provided by the surprising attitude of the boy's mother. What struck me most was that all four of the main characters lived lives completely alien to mine.
This is my guess. If I were a writer, I would not chose a topic such as the church's pedophilia to illustrate a general Doubt concept, because Doubt is a concept by itself in religious terms, and it is doubt about vocation, doubt about a particular religion, or doubt about the existence of god. I think the original plot just tried to cleverly mask the pedophilia issue behind the byzantine doubt discussion, just to not make flee some people. This a movie with a social and philosophical statement.
i believe that if you listen to the first part of this scene that when she says 'i have doubts' she's not talking about in the church, or the people of the church she's talking about herself. She speaks in the beginning about how she had to step away from god in order to get the wrong doing. and so she has been lying and cheating and she has doubts about making it into heaven. but that's just my take on it.
She is smart, in the movie is absolutely clear for anybody with some brains that the priest is a pedophile that had improper behavior, her doubts are not about this, but towards her very faith, how the catholic religion can be true if allows such organized corruption, or even doubts about the existence of god. it would be too stupid and childish for the character she showed to cry just for misconceptions about the priest.
@troicoescorpion I love this movie. And when I first saw it I was sure he was guilty. After seeing it a few times, and considering the parameters, it makes the verdict a lot more ambiguous. Especially the "There are things I can't say." I think if we apply the ethical climate in the air today, it presents him guilty. But this is 1964, and in 1964, a lot of the things that were happening with the kid were things that demanded strict confidence. The "things" could be a LOT of different things.
@troicoescorpion How is it clear that the priest is a pedophile? You are as ignorant as the nun! Has this movie taught you nothing? Do you really think this nun knows about "widespread organized corruption", she is living in small socioeconomic circumstances, and it's the '60s for crying out loud! She experienced a moment of catharsis, of introspection at the end. The problem is not with the priest, the problem is with HER, she let her doubts run too deep. She understands this now. my2cents
@troicoescorpion You're such a fucking idiot. I have brains and the evidence in the movie is intentionally ambiguous about whether the priest is a pedophile, you son of a man-hating whore!
this film is not about the church or a priest is about doubt and how you can never accuse a person of something if you have your doubts. at the end she felt guilty because she was not sure about the father been a pedophile. She was bias because she did not like him. Thats way she says " I have such doubts "
@punkduderock at the end of the film, she doubts everything, even God. Her mind has grown up. She no longer thinks absolutely.
So it is, and it isn't about the church and pedophilia, because the church absolutely stood (at that time) for a world without doubt, and this is one of the things that led to the pedophilia.
Very nice, emotional and sometime even sad movie. The acting was brilliant. I'm not a big Meryl Streep fan but she's very talented and looked stunning here. Amy Adams was no less imressive - she deserved the Oscar for this supporting role and finally Philip Seymour Hoffman and Viola Davis were amazing as well
Kinda my opinion is that she said she had doubts if she did the right thing to force the priest to resign. The main thing that troubles me is that I have no idea whether he molested or protected the child, it's hard to decide, especially at the end.
Was it right or wrong? We all still don't know whether he was a pedophile or protecting the child. Whether she was right to intervene or not. How did this film not sweep the floor at the Oscars? One of the greatest ensemble casts in recent movie history, especially the roaring scene with Viola Davis, talk about acting chops! Another great in the Streep oeuvre.
What ever happened between the priest and the boy was between them and obviously the boy liked it because he showed up for school the next day. lack people don't stay quiet if the sex wasn't good. And his momma acted like she didn't care. Mmmhmm. If it was a hot priest I wouldn't say anything but Phillip Seymour Hoffman - ick! Oh and the nun was a dyke too
What ever happened between the priest and the boy was between them and obviously the boy liked it because he showed up for school the next day. Black people don't stay quiet if the sex wasn't good. And his momma acted like she didn't care. Mmmhmm. If it was a hot priest I wouldn't say anything but Phillip Seymour Hoffman - ick!
I think when she says 'she has doubts' she could mean in the church itself, she lied to gain the upper-advantage in the case. A rule they follow is not to lie, and she did just that. So she could maybe have doubt in the churce now with how she acted, and realising something shes been told not too do (lie) gained the upper advantage in the case?
yea i thought Meryl more deserve the oscar than Kate, i watch Doubt and The Reader too, and i think its not the best performance from Kate, and shes nominated for supporting actres for that movie in GoldenGlobes why the oscar give it for leading actress..Philip Symour Hoffman and Meryl really good in this movie!!
i believe she meant she had doubts about the church now. About the religion, since the church didn't even try to look into the fact that the priest could or could not have touched that boy.
@monicajudith19 She means she has doubts about doing the right thing being the leader in the campaign against the priest, whom she doesn't know after all, whether he's guilty or not.
Meryls Streep is a woman who I deeply admire and someone who I look up to. She is a phenomenal actress and if I could I would thank her for everything that she has accomplished and done. So thank you Meryl you are one of a kind and I hope one day I will be able to tell you.
if you pay attention close in the movie its obvious that the man molested the child and she knew it (she gets proof when she talks to the boys parent, subtly, as she admits that it happened). right before this scene she shows how sure she is that he did it, she knew that his resignation was his admission of guilt. shes also says right before this that "in the pursuit of wrongdoing one stepe away from god." she also says that there are consequences to it. in her case its doubts. pluralized.
@nashnwo1234 the boy never admitted anything to his parents other than drinking wine, her surety is not proof, she assumed that his resignation was an admission, maybe he felt his priestly duties were compromised by the irresponsible accustion; her "pusruit of wrongdoing" reflected more on her own character than on the priest
The ending of this film is truely amazing looking at sister jame's reaction to the mother superiors break down after all the very nature of the entire film is that nothing stands on concrete ground and that every moral choice these people made is up to question
@kenseisato1989: Hiya, I think it is not the intention of the script to say whether the kid is gay. Besides, I also think it's not the point. No kid deserves molestation, gay or straight or bi. It doesn't make it more OK.
It's the ambiguity that I love about this. I love how the writer lets us interpret the ending in our own way. And I love the contrast between the black and the white; it's quite symbolic in a way- nothing is ever black and white, simple- her beliefs aren't anyway- she has doubts.
It's meant to make you think. There is no "right" answer. I got the vibe that he was innocent from watching the movie, but the movie is more about THE VIEWERS' conclusion and everyone will make their own opinion.
The point of the play is in it's very simplicity of the title. Doubt exists in so many ways here. From spiritual to criminal doubt, ethics to justice. It's so damn powerful how much it makes us think without giving us the answers. That's the mark of a brilliant writer in John Patrick Shanley. Brilliant! Another show that does something very similar and equally as provocative is Mamet's new play RACE. Who cares if someone is guilty if they have doubts of their own innocence...great stuff.
She has doubts in God.. But I don't think he did it. If you think something and starting to look for signs, you will see plenty. Just a hug can be something more then a hug if you think the other way..
@JOxSOxFINEx21x it doesn't matter... in books and films you as the viewer know everything, that is that make the characters you observe tragic.. this is how we re taught about ancient Greek Theatre.... if you don't know, there is nothing to know about.. there is no truth to be discovered.. this is simply about the lengths of human certainty and doubt.. cause whether he did it or not the ending would be exactly the same!!!
I don't want to start up and argument but I really do think Meryl deserved the oscar for this role she was breathtakingly good in this role. One of her best.
i kind of agree. i luv kate winslet but if you ask me i think her role in revolutionary road was way more powerful than the reader. so not to say she didnt deserve her oscar but i think she was nominated the for the wrong film wence she did not diserve the oscar- in my opinion- for the reader.
Was the priest guilty? Not sure. He might have been gay and trying, at some point, to make sister understand he could be guilty but not of "that" sin. But for sister, even if she had understood the point, it would not have made a difference anyway (like for many people still today). Or else, he kind of admitted a past crime but denied his guilt in "this" case. (The playwriter once said he was much helped as a kid by a priest who did not abuse him... but others, he learned many years later.)
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its about this nun believing that the priest was a pedofile, constantly accusing him throughout the movie, after the priest was transferred, this scene shows the nun saying that she now has doubts about her accusations and maybe the priest was really innocent the whole time. (which he was)
the best part of the movie is you never find out for sure if he was innocent or guilty. don't jump to conclusions, sticky. he has doubts about life in general, spirituality, etc, not abotu him
She is certain Flynn is guilty here (everything in the film points to his guilt...IF you watch carefully)...I think she is talking about Doubts in God...Doubts in her Church.
How could the church protect a monster who molests children? how could God let that happen? Her certainty in Flynn's guilt has caused her to Doubt God.
Who wouldn't Doubt a God who would let this happen?
Huh? She has no doubt in his guiltiness. It is in that fact that she has doubts in God. The fact that he is a petafile and he has been promoted through the church. Life seems to contradict God's apparent goodness. "and God created the heavens and the Earth and it was good" The priest's guiltiness and the empty justice has showcased a world of hypocrisy which inevitable raises doubts for her faith. How can she be curtain of him and not God?
@HerculesRockefellerr In all due respect you really have to see the film in its entirety. She really does give a stellar performance and I remember watching the film and being just amazed at her performance but this video didn't even spark those feelings.
She deserved it for the whole film, not just this scene.
SUCH A DUMB ENDING! This movie really has no point. The acting is great, but seriously what is it trying to prove? I honestly went away from this film feeling like I lost part of my brain. It was mindless and pointless. I don't understand why everyone says this movie is so thought provoking. It seems to me like it is thought revoking!
I don't wanta go all "super-analytical" on this whole scene, but the way I see it, Meryl Streep (in this scene) is saying "I can has Doubts, meaning that either because of what a priest has done, or because of her convicting a priest of committing such an act; she is doubting her faith.
But yeah, becuase it was such a big step for her to convict him of such a huge thing, and there was no REAL proof he did it, I think that is the biggest thing she doubts, that no one really KNEW he did it, and now the whole church, school, and basically everyone was affected by his leaving, and then he got promoted so that made her doubt more. But the fact that her whole picture perfect view of her faith was shattered could also be a reason as to her doubting most likely. It's a combo of both!
By convicting the priest of such a high crime was much more than just an act of good will, it was a huge step of faith for her. She had to forget everything she knew of how her faith was SUPPOSED to look like to see how it truly was in her particular situation. Plus it would bring shame to their school and church, and probably affect so many of the children and parents. This movie lets you think out everything for yourself and I love it!! Meryl Streep is the icing on the cake with this scene!!
Ah, I see. I just re-watched part of the movie (I borrowed it from a friend yesterday), and I see entirely what you mean. I don't think I've ever quite so profoundly misunderstood the ending of a film before, but thanks for clearing it up.
@Sam26100 why? you can't expect God to send a giant boulder to kill the priest if he's guilty ...He doesn't just remove everything bad in the world or in our lives ....
@irhjma30000 It's not that she expected God himself to strike the priest down, but God's representatives (the cardinal in the movie who is the priest's buddy) and other leaders of the church turn out to be corrupt and care more about reputation than justice.
Hence logically the question is: How come corrupt people get ahead in an organization fixated on the worship and service of God?
Also, you should watch the scene where she threatens him, and then he stops her just as she's about to walk out. He practically gives a confession right there, but he says that he "can't explain all the details". Obviously he didn't want to go into the details of the molestations, but he admitted he had something to hide.
Her doubting the church also makes more sense, because she doesn't show emotionality as she explains all this to the girl. The emotion you see is her doubting her faith
She is crying because she 'convicted' an innocent man out of blind ignorance.
The point was that he may have done some unsavory things in the past; but in this case he was just trying to help the boy out. He didn't actually molest the kid this time. She is doubting herself. Don't over think it.
Im not overthinking it. The implication in the movie is crystal clear
1. the guy got promoted, he was hardly "convicted"
2. the guy stopped her as she was walking out of the door in an earlier scene. Why would he do that if he was innocent?
3. Doesn't make sense for her to be so upset that she went after the wrong guy, since he wasn't punished. Her crying and shaking like that could only have been from her doubting the faith to which she commited herself her whole life.
1. There's a reason I wrote 'convicted'. It was in his mind; in her mind. She was going to ruin his reputation. It's much more deep than just a promotion. She made him leave, and thus she won.
2. Once again, she was so compelled to ruin his reputation, so he stopped her.
3. She is doubting her own confidence, and everything that she did.
Your interpretation is inconsistent with that entire scene. I don't know if you can find the whole thing on youbute, but you need to watch it again. There was no doubt in her mind that he was guilty, she said so earlier when she confessed that she had never called the nun from the previous school. She said that the way he reacted to it was all the proof she needed.
She then went on to explain how the superiors in the church ignored her pleas, and promoted the guy.
@americanmisfit1 I don't think anything happened with the child in question. As long as the focus was on that accusation,Flynn strongly defended himself. It wasn't until she bluffed him that he caved,indicating that something in his past could come to light. Magnificently titled movie as reflected by our sentiments.. Superb acting by the 3 principles.
What John Patrick Shanley wanted is for the viewer to decide for him or her self, using his or her own DOUBT. It took a while for me to understand that.
This is also my favorite part of the movie. The lines, the emotion, and the music make this scene just perfect. Meryl is such a gifted and talented actress, I admire her so much.
Alot of people have criticized the ending of the movie, but that's how the stage play ends! I really liked how meryl cried while speaking those lines, it actually shows that her character knows what she did was wrong. That she may have wrongly accused an innocent man, and she will have to live with that for the rest of her life.
you are absolutely correct. people don't appreciate theatricallity like they used to but that's what cinema is lacking. Meryl brings it back in SPADES!
but the priest admitted what he had done...he didn't say exactly but he said that Meryl would never understand... and i see this as him confessing. Or was it just that Meryl made the priest leave on account that she would have had further action?
OR DOUBT can mean... that she doubts the church as a whole and where it is heading. but yea i mostly agree that she doubted herself accusing him b/c he might be an innocent man. SO THE BIGGER PICTURE: this shows how you cannot prove a priest innocent
its about as ambiguous as the ambiguously gay duo.
nashnwo1234 6 days ago
funny thing is the boy didnt look upset in church because the priest was leaving. not to me, to me it showed him looking around at the students, knowing that he is going to be bullied until june when he leaves the school, and isnt looking forward to it. people who try to use this as proof that the boy was happy with being molested by the priest always seem to forget the scene after he comes back from being molested and puts his head on the desk and has the alochol on his breath.
nashnwo1234 6 days ago
wow...she has no doubts about the priest. "his resignation was his confession" "he was who i thought he was". even amy adams character knew at this point. its amazing how many people misinterpret this ending... its very obvious by her line "but there is a price to pay" that shes talking about doubts in her faith, not doubts about that priest.
nashnwo1234 6 days ago
JESUS CHRIST, Amy Adams looks SOOOOOOOOO cute in this movie.
ARTUR1211100 1 week ago
This was the last Meryl Streep film where she deserved the Best Actress Oscar nomination. It is a shame that she was able to dignify a film based on a play that did not translate well.
outinsider 1 week ago
@outinsider The last film where she deserved a nomination? Have you seen The Iron Lady? Streep is one of the best actress on this planet
adervenisje 4 days ago
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Yes, but every award season, she becomes more and more overrated. She is a brilliant actress, yes, but she isn't the only one. I think its interesting that she made a movie about a British politician not too long after she was unable to play Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen.
outinsider 4 days ago
It's totally *not* clear that the guy was a pedo. It is intentionally very vague. It was clearly possible that he was a pedo. Meryl's character also wanted to oust him because he was using the pulpit to preach a progressive message. She had doubts about her own certainty. About God, the church (for not seeming to care whether he actually was or not), about the rightness of her own actions.
yeahchris 3 weeks ago 2
When I saw this movie in the theater, I gasped and let out a sob at these lines. Throughout the film you ask yourself repeatedly, is she going overboard. I never felt any doubt about _her_ certainty, though. There are so many factors involved in the reasons for her pursuing the case, and there are further complications, provided by the surprising attitude of the boy's mother. What struck me most was that all four of the main characters lived lives completely alien to mine.
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ZachTheEskimo 1 month ago
My favorite part too! thanks for posting!
hoehawk99 1 month ago
Lois Lane FTW!
Maloperverso 2 months ago
Oh, Sister James. I have doubts! I have such doubts!
thecritiquevirtuoso 2 months ago
This is my guess. If I were a writer, I would not chose a topic such as the church's pedophilia to illustrate a general Doubt concept, because Doubt is a concept by itself in religious terms, and it is doubt about vocation, doubt about a particular religion, or doubt about the existence of god. I think the original plot just tried to cleverly mask the pedophilia issue behind the byzantine doubt discussion, just to not make flee some people. This a movie with a social and philosophical statement.
troicoescorpion 2 months ago
that organ gives me chills every time.
iandimm 2 months ago 3
MERYL MERYL MERYL WHAT WOLRD ARE YOU FROM? YOUR TALENT IS NOT FROM THIS WORLD
hecatombe14 2 months ago
i believe that if you listen to the first part of this scene that when she says 'i have doubts' she's not talking about in the church, or the people of the church she's talking about herself. She speaks in the beginning about how she had to step away from god in order to get the wrong doing. and so she has been lying and cheating and she has doubts about making it into heaven. but that's just my take on it.
tavik13 3 months ago 3
the best scene!!
SilWinder 4 months ago
Outstanding performance, great actress!
MrPaintfull 4 months ago
This was an outstanding performance. Where was the Oscar?
shocker147 4 months ago
The ending is like a painting or a work of art...One nun kneeling beside the other in the snow...
morikahjo 4 months ago 2
Damn...when Meryl cries I cry....
oriousblack 4 months ago
She is smart, in the movie is absolutely clear for anybody with some brains that the priest is a pedophile that had improper behavior, her doubts are not about this, but towards her very faith, how the catholic religion can be true if allows such organized corruption, or even doubts about the existence of god. it would be too stupid and childish for the character she showed to cry just for misconceptions about the priest.
troicoescorpion 5 months ago 2
@troicoescorpion I love this movie. And when I first saw it I was sure he was guilty. After seeing it a few times, and considering the parameters, it makes the verdict a lot more ambiguous. Especially the "There are things I can't say." I think if we apply the ethical climate in the air today, it presents him guilty. But this is 1964, and in 1964, a lot of the things that were happening with the kid were things that demanded strict confidence. The "things" could be a LOT of different things.
jazzpsalti 4 months ago
@troicoescorpion How is it clear that the priest is a pedophile? You are as ignorant as the nun! Has this movie taught you nothing? Do you really think this nun knows about "widespread organized corruption", she is living in small socioeconomic circumstances, and it's the '60s for crying out loud! She experienced a moment of catharsis, of introspection at the end. The problem is not with the priest, the problem is with HER, she let her doubts run too deep. She understands this now. my2cents
wildredrose99 3 months ago
@troicoescorpion You're such a fucking idiot. I have brains and the evidence in the movie is intentionally ambiguous about whether the priest is a pedophile, you son of a man-hating whore!
asfesesease 2 months ago
@asfesesease WOW, you are sure very angry. How many have you molested?
pydbl 2 months ago
@pydbl The same number of people as your IQ: 0
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@asfesesease LOL, the fact that you replied says a lot about your own IQ. Go keep molesting kids.
pydbl 2 months ago
@troicoescorpion I doubt that. :-p
sciencegeekjsusfreak 2 months ago
this film is not about the church or a priest is about doubt and how you can never accuse a person of something if you have your doubts. at the end she felt guilty because she was not sure about the father been a pedophile. She was bias because she did not like him. Thats way she says " I have such doubts "
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@punkduderock at the end of the film, she doubts everything, even God. Her mind has grown up. She no longer thinks absolutely.
So it is, and it isn't about the church and pedophilia, because the church absolutely stood (at that time) for a world without doubt, and this is one of the things that led to the pedophilia.
carltonpowers 5 months ago
this scene is so difficult to watch she was such a bitch to him
punkduderock 5 months ago
this makes me cry everytime, one of the best scenes ever made in film. What an ending, I love it so much.
wearemadeofstars81 6 months ago 3
Very nice, emotional and sometime even sad movie. The acting was brilliant. I'm not a big Meryl Streep fan but she's very talented and looked stunning here. Amy Adams was no less imressive - she deserved the Oscar for this supporting role and finally Philip Seymour Hoffman and Viola Davis were amazing as well
Magnolia296 7 months ago
Kinda my opinion is that she said she had doubts if she did the right thing to force the priest to resign. The main thing that troubles me is that I have no idea whether he molested or protected the child, it's hard to decide, especially at the end.
adavila1997 7 months ago
what happened? Did the priest mollest the kid or something? I have never seen this movie.. is their a second part?
StJimmyequalsFreedom 8 months ago
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@StJimmyequalsFreedom watch the whole movie...
cynd675 8 months ago
The two dislikes are from priests who have been "reassigned".
jameseckstein1 8 months ago 2
and the oscar goes to mer-KATE WINSLET?!?!?
artmania1990 9 months ago
Was it right or wrong? We all still don't know whether he was a pedophile or protecting the child. Whether she was right to intervene or not. How did this film not sweep the floor at the Oscars? One of the greatest ensemble casts in recent movie history, especially the roaring scene with Viola Davis, talk about acting chops! Another great in the Streep oeuvre.
peteradaniel 9 months ago
i dont get it, y is upset about her doubts? like did her doubts took over her innocents
MrKingtyrant05 10 months ago
so did he rape the boy?
disastersquad69 10 months ago
@disastersquad69 That's why the movie is called Doubt. You have to draw your own conclusion.
Buzz0Killington 8 months ago
What ever happened between the priest and the boy was between them and obviously the boy liked it because he showed up for school the next day. lack people don't stay quiet if the sex wasn't good. And his momma acted like she didn't care. Mmmhmm. If it was a hot priest I wouldn't say anything but Phillip Seymour Hoffman - ick! Oh and the nun was a dyke too
jcali619 11 months ago
What ever happened between the priest and the boy was between them and obviously the boy liked it because he showed up for school the next day. Black people don't stay quiet if the sex wasn't good. And his momma acted like she didn't care. Mmmhmm. If it was a hot priest I wouldn't say anything but Phillip Seymour Hoffman - ick!
jcali619 11 months ago
@jcali619 boy means child. sex with child not okay in any scenario. seriously. eww
lamiagirl92 10 months ago
I think when she says 'she has doubts' she could mean in the church itself, she lied to gain the upper-advantage in the case. A rule they follow is not to lie, and she did just that. So she could maybe have doubt in the churce now with how she acted, and realising something shes been told not too do (lie) gained the upper advantage in the case?
1234Kairigirl1234 1 year ago 3
@1234Kairigirl1234 i think you`re right. she doesn`t have doubts about the priest and the body, she was always very certain about that.
MrPh0t0grapher 11 months ago
yea i thought Meryl more deserve the oscar than Kate, i watch Doubt and The Reader too, and i think its not the best performance from Kate, and shes nominated for supporting actres for that movie in GoldenGlobes why the oscar give it for leading actress..Philip Symour Hoffman and Meryl really good in this movie!!
newflava89AGAIN 1 year ago
my family loves to exaggerate that line "I HAVE DOUBTS!"
i read on imdb that the writer only told hoffman whether the character did it or not. infuriating!
mojonotsag 1 year ago
i believe she meant she had doubts about the church now. About the religion, since the church didn't even try to look into the fact that the priest could or could not have touched that boy.
DrewcyChem94 1 year ago 13
@DrewcyChem94 actually about her behaviour as well
Acteontanit 11 months ago
What did she mean by saying "I have doubts" ?
monicajudith19 1 year ago
@monicajudith19 She means she has doubts about doing the right thing being the leader in the campaign against the priest, whom she doesn't know after all, whether he's guilty or not.
Ksulourgos 1 year ago
title of the movie appears scene. haha!
extrapressure 1 year ago
OMFG! HOW DID MAAMA MERYL LOSE THIS OSCAR TO THAT FATASS WHO SUNK THE TITANIC???
moviemaster02 1 year ago
The Academy really fucked her over twice in a row.
This and Julie & Julia!
Yes Sandra Bullock is awsome and her performance in the Blind Side was great, but Meryl is the best!
Always has and always will be!
And fatass Winslett can fuckin eat another burger.
BlackBettaBombay09 1 year ago
Meryls Streep is a woman who I deeply admire and someone who I look up to. She is a phenomenal actress and if I could I would thank her for everything that she has accomplished and done. So thank you Meryl you are one of a kind and I hope one day I will be able to tell you.
abbeyroad1190 1 year ago
I agree! This was a most riveting ending!!!! Meryl streep is phenomenal!
aloofbooks 1 year ago
This was a good movie! i thought...but it gets to me i dont know what to believe but thats the point of the movie DOUBT!
gabetx13 1 year ago
if you pay attention close in the movie its obvious that the man molested the child and she knew it (she gets proof when she talks to the boys parent, subtly, as she admits that it happened). right before this scene she shows how sure she is that he did it, she knew that his resignation was his admission of guilt. shes also says right before this that "in the pursuit of wrongdoing one stepe away from god." she also says that there are consequences to it. in her case its doubts. pluralized.
nashnwo1234 1 year ago
@nashnwo1234 the boy never admitted anything to his parents other than drinking wine, her surety is not proof, she assumed that his resignation was an admission, maybe he felt his priestly duties were compromised by the irresponsible accustion; her "pusruit of wrongdoing" reflected more on her own character than on the priest
effingya 1 year ago
Moral of the story. Don't make blind accusations unless you have evidence to back them up. Ironically many Christians could learn from that.
MidoriFan10 1 year ago
@MidoriFan10 many *people* could learn from that ;)
wildlark 1 year ago
OMG! I just love it! Meryl is sooo talented and the fact that she really broke down every time they shot this scene is just amazing!!!!
FunnyJanuka 1 year ago
I saw this on Christmas last year and there playing Noel ha! This was a great movie though.
jb26508 1 year ago
i really dont believe he did anything sexual to the boy
leavein90 1 year ago
she is soooo AMAZING!!! i saw that movie 4 times and meryl streep is captivating...
PS she really had to think about how she forced a good man to leave his beloved church and school :( but he fked a lil boy sooo -______-
lolitalemonlove 1 year ago
The ending of this film is truely amazing looking at sister jame's reaction to the mother superiors break down after all the very nature of the entire film is that nothing stands on concrete ground and that every moral choice these people made is up to question
Solidus327 1 year ago
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@kenseisato1989: Hiya, I think it is not the intention of the script to say whether the kid is gay. Besides, I also think it's not the point. No kid deserves molestation, gay or straight or bi. It doesn't make it more OK.
sukeong 1 year ago
It's the ambiguity that I love about this. I love how the writer lets us interpret the ending in our own way. And I love the contrast between the black and the white; it's quite symbolic in a way- nothing is ever black and white, simple- her beliefs aren't anyway- she has doubts.
oohlalaladior 1 year ago
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oohlalaladior 1 year ago
Thao shall not sexually harm children.
Yeah, god fucked up on the ten commandments.
Or man did.
"no child's behind left." -The churche's new policy.
evilnomad111 1 year ago
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People who are saying "He's obviously guilty"
or "he's clearly innocent", There IS NO ANSWER.
It's meant to make you think. There is no "right" answer. I got the vibe that he was innocent from watching the movie, but the movie is more about THE VIEWERS' conclusion and everyone will make their own opinion.
TheRemorseful 1 year ago
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TheRemorseful 1 year ago
so the priest was a pedifile and the kid was gay? or what?
and of course this movie was baced on a powerfule feeling about doubt.
but im totally confused here is the boy gay or not?
kenseisato1989 1 year ago
@kenseisato1989 what do you think?
effingya 1 year ago
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yes he was a pedifile, took me a long time for me to figure it out because im a dumbass
kenseisato1989 1 year ago
@kenseisato1989 I completely disgree.
effingya 1 year ago
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? you think the other way around?
it's so confusing
kenseisato1989 1 year ago
She's not doubting her decision, she's doubting her faith in humanity
TheMeridianCity 1 year ago
One of my favorite endings ever.
socks4554 1 year ago
I don't understand doubts about God? Or about the action she took against the priest?
TeenageMuse 1 year ago
@TeenageMuse the actions she took against the priest
mason792 1 year ago
This movie haunts me and I keep coming back to the sermons....
george6900 1 year ago
The point of the play is in it's very simplicity of the title. Doubt exists in so many ways here. From spiritual to criminal doubt, ethics to justice. It's so damn powerful how much it makes us think without giving us the answers. That's the mark of a brilliant writer in John Patrick Shanley. Brilliant! Another show that does something very similar and equally as provocative is Mamet's new play RACE. Who cares if someone is guilty if they have doubts of their own innocence...great stuff.
iago07 1 year ago 2
She has doubts in God.. But I don't think he did it. If you think something and starting to look for signs, you will see plenty. Just a hug can be something more then a hug if you think the other way..
ovetjkin 1 year ago
he didnt "fuck the kid"....sister A fucked up..
idoleyes11 1 year ago
great scene. but the audio and video aren't matching here.
jbauer72 1 year ago
i still wonder if he did it or not..like was the ending supposed to leave you wondering..?
JOxSOxFINEx21x 1 year ago
he did it no doubt
1west72ndstreet 1 year ago
@JOxSOxFINEx21x it doesn't matter... in books and films you as the viewer know everything, that is that make the characters you observe tragic.. this is how we re taught about ancient Greek Theatre.... if you don't know, there is nothing to know about.. there is no truth to be discovered.. this is simply about the lengths of human certainty and doubt.. cause whether he did it or not the ending would be exactly the same!!!
ArchiveLena 1 year ago
Philip Seymour Hoffman is awesome!! A brilliant film.
sweetieluver14 1 year ago
I LOVE THIS MOVIE!
shadapakap 1 year ago
i did not get the ending amy adams as sister james she was awesome for that part
HauntedMask24 2 years ago
I don't want to start up and argument but I really do think Meryl deserved the oscar for this role she was breathtakingly good in this role. One of her best.
XxbabeegalxX 2 years ago 5
i kind of agree. i luv kate winslet but if you ask me i think her role in revolutionary road was way more powerful than the reader. so not to say she didnt deserve her oscar but i think she was nominated the for the wrong film wence she did not diserve the oscar- in my opinion- for the reader.
chickenlil3 1 year ago
@XxbabeegalxX No argument here. She has unequaled range and depth.
drfittt 1 year ago
That last bit of dialogue slams you in the solar plexus so hard it leaves you gasping. Meryl Streep's best dialogue EVER DELIVERED!
cowboyneok 2 years ago 3
Was the priest guilty? Not sure. He might have been gay and trying, at some point, to make sister understand he could be guilty but not of "that" sin. But for sister, even if she had understood the point, it would not have made a difference anyway (like for many people still today). Or else, he kind of admitted a past crime but denied his guilt in "this" case. (The playwriter once said he was much helped as a kid by a priest who did not abuse him... but others, he learned many years later.)
mecque1 2 years ago 3
I loved this movie! it was pretty good :]
Vanechalyssa 2 years ago 2
Meryl up,Meryl down.What about John Patrick Shanley who got a Pulitzer for the play???????????
colourloverjumps 2 years ago
absolutely the best scene! The organ playing Noel, the visual scene of the sisters in black against the white snow, everything is perfect.
runnergirl010 2 years ago 43
well said.
oriousblack 2 years ago
A master scene
zerojjj 2 years ago 4
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Anaztasia 2 years ago
is this film about pedfofile priests?
marxbroths 2 years ago
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its about this nun believing that the priest was a pedofile, constantly accusing him throughout the movie, after the priest was transferred, this scene shows the nun saying that she now has doubts about her accusations and maybe the priest was really innocent the whole time. (which he was)
stickyslide 2 years ago
the best part of the movie is you never find out for sure if he was innocent or guilty. don't jump to conclusions, sticky. he has doubts about life in general, spirituality, etc, not abotu him
samuelk343 2 years ago 2
@stickyslide ??? he was guilty. did you read the play?
zpardee 2 years ago
She is certain Flynn is guilty here (everything in the film points to his guilt...IF you watch carefully)...I think she is talking about Doubts in God...Doubts in her Church.
How could the church protect a monster who molests children? how could God let that happen? Her certainty in Flynn's guilt has caused her to Doubt God.
Who wouldn't Doubt a God who would let this happen?
VforVideo 2 years ago 9
"everything in the film points to his guilt...IF you watch carefully"
And mabye thats why he's innocent!
But I think, as you wrote, that she has doubts in God.
ovetjkin 2 years ago
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And mabye thats why he's innocent!
Huh? She has no doubt in his guiltiness. It is in that fact that she has doubts in God. The fact that he is a petafile and he has been promoted through the church. Life seems to contradict God's apparent goodness. "and God created the heavens and the Earth and it was good" The priest's guiltiness and the empty justice has showcased a world of hypocrisy which inevitable raises doubts for her faith. How can she be curtain of him and not God?
chadpratch 2 years ago
there is just something so sweet about the younger girl putting her head in the lap of meryl streep as her form of comfort
gabriellejordan 2 years ago 7
How did she not get an oscar for this???
HerculesRockefellerr 2 years ago 77
@HerculesRockefellerr In all due respect you really have to see the film in its entirety. She really does give a stellar performance and I remember watching the film and being just amazed at her performance but this video didn't even spark those feelings.
She deserved it for the whole film, not just this scene.
Improvnewsie35 1 year ago
@HerculesRockefellerr they always cheat MERYL out of her awards becuz they hate on her awesomeness :)
mwtmtt 1 year ago 2
@HerculesRockefellerr because they run the oscars like they run the church.
cynd675 8 months ago
You should have included the part where she covers up her rosary before revealing that she has doubts.
OriginalBasaliskos 2 years ago
This is my favourie scene in the film I feel so sorry her and just wanna give her a hug. I think he did it!!!!
My other favourite line is when Father Flin says "I will fight you" and Meryl turns to him and says "You Will Lose!" OMG I LOVE IT!!!!
nattybrown 2 years ago
OMG!!! This is Meryl Streep's greatest acting part EVER!!!
OneWest72ndSt 2 years ago 3
@OneWest72ndSt Even more than any given moment in Sophie's Choice?
lukaspukas1 1 year ago
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SUCH A DUMB ENDING! This movie really has no point. The acting is great, but seriously what is it trying to prove? I honestly went away from this film feeling like I lost part of my brain. It was mindless and pointless. I don't understand why everyone says this movie is so thought provoking. It seems to me like it is thought revoking!
GiftsMovies 2 years ago
I like it so much how the young woman comforts Meryl Streep after her confession.
Macskafogo 2 years ago
I don't wanta go all "super-analytical" on this whole scene, but the way I see it, Meryl Streep (in this scene) is saying "I can has Doubts, meaning that either because of what a priest has done, or because of her convicting a priest of committing such an act; she is doubting her faith.
I'm... just stating the obvious, aren't I?
ybrik222 2 years ago
But yeah, becuase it was such a big step for her to convict him of such a huge thing, and there was no REAL proof he did it, I think that is the biggest thing she doubts, that no one really KNEW he did it, and now the whole church, school, and basically everyone was affected by his leaving, and then he got promoted so that made her doubt more. But the fact that her whole picture perfect view of her faith was shattered could also be a reason as to her doubting most likely. It's a combo of both!
delgado4652 2 years ago
By convicting the priest of such a high crime was much more than just an act of good will, it was a huge step of faith for her. She had to forget everything she knew of how her faith was SUPPOSED to look like to see how it truly was in her particular situation. Plus it would bring shame to their school and church, and probably affect so many of the children and parents. This movie lets you think out everything for yourself and I love it!! Meryl Streep is the icing on the cake with this scene!!
delgado4652 2 years ago
Intense Convo. Down there. But this too was also my favorite scene its just amazing acting. This movie was great. Meryl Streep keeps on bringing it.!
Merylfan034 2 years ago
I am quite impressed with this conversation generally most people can't think that deep especially on youtube
TheForbiddenGirls 2 years ago 2
Which do you think would be a greater psychological blow to this woman. Doubt in her pursuit of a priest she is practically sure is guilty?
or doubt of the faith to which she had dedicated the better years of her life?
The crying says it all. She doubts the very foundation of her life. God and Church
Can't say I blame her either
Sam26100 2 years ago 2
Ah, I see. I just re-watched part of the movie (I borrowed it from a friend yesterday), and I see entirely what you mean. I don't think I've ever quite so profoundly misunderstood the ending of a film before, but thanks for clearing it up.
Antimatter245 2 years ago
NP :) thanks for admitting you got it wrong, I so rarely see that quality in people anymore
Usually they keep saying they're right even after I demonstrated that they're not
Sam26100 2 years ago
Huzzah for teh Atheism (well, for me at least)!
ybrik222 2 years ago
@Sam26100 why? you can't expect God to send a giant boulder to kill the priest if he's guilty ...He doesn't just remove everything bad in the world or in our lives ....
irhjma30000 1 year ago
@irhjma30000 It's not that she expected God himself to strike the priest down, but God's representatives (the cardinal in the movie who is the priest's buddy) and other leaders of the church turn out to be corrupt and care more about reputation than justice.
Hence logically the question is: How come corrupt people get ahead in an organization fixated on the worship and service of God?
Sam26100 1 year ago
@Sam26100 Why don't you ask that same question of every single religion on this planet?
effingya 1 year ago
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@effingya I do, I think all religions are evil fundamentally.
Sam26100 1 year ago
Also, you should watch the scene where she threatens him, and then he stops her just as she's about to walk out. He practically gives a confession right there, but he says that he "can't explain all the details". Obviously he didn't want to go into the details of the molestations, but he admitted he had something to hide.
Her doubting the church also makes more sense, because she doesn't show emotionality as she explains all this to the girl. The emotion you see is her doubting her faith
Sam26100 2 years ago 4
YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!! He did! He did! I cant take this anymore!!!!!!!!!!
unusualfeline 2 years ago
did he fuk the kid or not
americanmisfit1 2 years ago
what do you think about it?
Luczinka007 2 years ago
didnt see it i wanna no if he touched him
americanmisfit1 2 years ago
I saw online some people think that the line "I have such doubts" is her thinking she might have went after an innocent man.
Baloney, if she thought that then she wouldn't be crying because he got a promotion out of it right?
She is doubting God and her faith, because she saw that the leaders of the establishment are corrupt.
Sam26100 2 years ago
She is crying because she 'convicted' an innocent man out of blind ignorance.
The point was that he may have done some unsavory things in the past; but in this case he was just trying to help the boy out. He didn't actually molest the kid this time. She is doubting herself. Don't over think it.
Antimatter245 2 years ago
Im not overthinking it. The implication in the movie is crystal clear
1. the guy got promoted, he was hardly "convicted"
2. the guy stopped her as she was walking out of the door in an earlier scene. Why would he do that if he was innocent?
3. Doesn't make sense for her to be so upset that she went after the wrong guy, since he wasn't punished. Her crying and shaking like that could only have been from her doubting the faith to which she commited herself her whole life.
Sam26100 2 years ago 4
1. There's a reason I wrote 'convicted'. It was in his mind; in her mind. She was going to ruin his reputation. It's much more deep than just a promotion. She made him leave, and thus she won.
2. Once again, she was so compelled to ruin his reputation, so he stopped her.
3. She is doubting her own confidence, and everything that she did.
Antimatter245 2 years ago
Your interpretation is inconsistent with that entire scene. I don't know if you can find the whole thing on youbute, but you need to watch it again. There was no doubt in her mind that he was guilty, she said so earlier when she confessed that she had never called the nun from the previous school. She said that the way he reacted to it was all the proof she needed.
She then went on to explain how the superiors in the church ignored her pleas, and promoted the guy.
She doubts the church
Sam26100 2 years ago 5
@americanmisfit1 I don't think anything happened with the child in question. As long as the focus was on that accusation,Flynn strongly defended himself. It wasn't until she bluffed him that he caved,indicating that something in his past could come to light. Magnificently titled movie as reflected by our sentiments.. Superb acting by the 3 principles.
drfittt 1 year ago
What John Patrick Shanley wanted is for the viewer to decide for him or her self, using his or her own DOUBT. It took a while for me to understand that.
Kirandera 1 year ago 2
This is also my favorite part of the movie. The lines, the emotion, and the music make this scene just perfect. Meryl is such a gifted and talented actress, I admire her so much.
God, what a way to end a movie! Epic.
mzbeth712 2 years ago 2
Great movie, but it should have ended like the Grindhouse trailer Don't.
I HAVE DOUBTS!
I HAVE MUCH DOUBTS!
Doubt.
jvojvojvojvojvo 2 years ago 2
This movie was subtle, but amazing! So amazing.
Megara 2 years ago
powerful
Chidori197 2 years ago
i have DOUBTS!!!
hunnikay 2 years ago 2
I Love This Movie!!!!
LOV3CRYST4LS 2 years ago
Brilliant Ending!
I Love Meryl Streep!
LOV3CRYST4LS 2 years ago 3
wow such a great ending!!
alphabeticalaughter 2 years ago 4
Yes. I think so. :) :)
Luczinka007 2 years ago
yea i know i actuallt thought it was a good ending i wasn't being sarcastic lol i love this movie meryl streep is an awesome actress!!
alphabeticalaughter 2 years ago 2
Alot of people have criticized the ending of the movie, but that's how the stage play ends! I really liked how meryl cried while speaking those lines, it actually shows that her character knows what she did was wrong. That she may have wrongly accused an innocent man, and she will have to live with that for the rest of her life.
jav1ram 2 years ago
you are absolutely correct. people don't appreciate theatricallity like they used to but that's what cinema is lacking. Meryl brings it back in SPADES!
louiemcgooey 2 years ago 4
but the priest admitted what he had done...he didn't say exactly but he said that Meryl would never understand... and i see this as him confessing. Or was it just that Meryl made the priest leave on account that she would have had further action?
OR DOUBT can mean... that she doubts the church as a whole and where it is heading. but yea i mostly agree that she doubted herself accusing him b/c he might be an innocent man. SO THE BIGGER PICTURE: this shows how you cannot prove a priest innocent
littleflowwer 2 years ago
This is a fantastic ending. Almost cried!
ZiggyStardust35 2 years ago
AMAZING actress, I love Meryl.
kafkakinder 2 years ago 3
xD :) :) I love Meryl too :)
Luczinka007 2 years ago
I love Meryl Streep as well.
HectorBarbossa 2 years ago
Can anyone tell me what the song is called in the background? The choir sings it after the last scene too. I love it soooo much!
Macskafogo 2 years ago
the first noel
artmania1990 2 years ago
Thank you so much!
Macskafogo 2 years ago
This was a great movie with a great actress