What We're Watching:Laurie

Doubt starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Meryl Streep and Amy Adams. Directed by John Patrick Shanley.

The film is set in 1964 at St. Nicholas Church in the Bronx. Streep plays Sister Aloysius Beauvier the tough, hard-nosed principal of this Catholic school. She is very traditional and strict, and believes the students should be very disciplined. Sister Aloysius runs the school with fear and an iron fist. Hoffman plays Father Flynn, a progressive minded, compassionate priest, who wishes to break from the dated traditions of the Catholic Church and run the school in a more open, warm-hearted way so as to mimic the social changes taking place in the world.
When the school admits its first African American student, Sister James, a young nun (played by Adams) notices that Father Flynn is paying more attention to him than to the other boys. Sister James mentions her observation to Sister Aloysius who immediately begins a campaign to destroy Father Flynn's reputation and have him removed from her beloved institution. Rated PG-13.