Doubt is a movie that takes place in the Bronx, New York in 1964. It stars Phillip Seymour Hoffman as Father Flynn a charismatic priest affiliated with a Catholic Parochial school. Sister Aloysius is the Principal of the school.
She is known as a strict disciplianarian.
Amy Adams in a supporting role plays
Sister James an innocent young nun.
The central premise of the movie is that Sister James becomes suspicious of the priest Flynn who she feels may be taking indecent liberties with a child.
She confides her suspicions to Sister Aloysius who starts a one woman crusade to discover the truth.
One of the more interesting scenes in the movie is when Sister Aloysius has a meeting with the mother of the student involved with the priest and the mother does not react in a typical way.
There are also interesting scenes between Streep ...