.....and my wife and I thought it was really good.
The Link
Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman have Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor nominations and Amy Adams and Viola Davis are each nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
Adams and Davis were both quite good, but they may knock one another off.
Davis was on the screen only a short while, like Ruby Dee in "American Gangster," and that brevity may work against her also.
Adams had much more screen time; I recall she was also good in "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day" awhile back, so we'll see how she fares against Penelope Cruz and Marisa Tomei this year.
I thought Marisa was really good in "The Wrestler," but my personal evaluation may be prejudiced because she was playing a stripper.
I hope that was her actually doing all those sexy, topless, acrobatic pole dances for Mickey Rourke, because, for me, that part of her performance in "The Wrestler" was a really big factor.
Streep and Hoffman were excellently combative in their roles in "Doubt," but this movie wasn't nominated for best picture even though it has the most acting nominations with four.
No nomination for the director, though.
Nevertheless, I liked it a lot.
This film, which was initially a stage play, favorably reminded me of "The Winslow Boy" and "House of Games," two David Mamet plays which were screen adapted and directed by him that were completely ignored by Oscar.
The Link
The Link
I'd have given "Doubt" consideration as my Best Picture, had it been nominated by the Academy.
I recommend this flick as a worthwhile rental for fans of literate, emotional thespian interaction and we'll see if any of the four nominated actors or actresses win.
The Link
Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman have Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor nominations and Amy Adams and Viola Davis are each nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
Adams and Davis were both quite good, but they may knock one another off.
Davis was on the screen only a short while, like Ruby Dee in "American Gangster," and that brevity may work against her also.
Adams had much more screen time; I recall she was also good in "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day" awhile back, so we'll see how she fares against Penelope Cruz and Marisa Tomei this year.
I thought Marisa was really good in "The Wrestler," but my personal evaluation may be prejudiced because she was playing a stripper.
I hope that was her actually doing all those sexy, topless, acrobatic pole dances for Mickey Rourke, because, for me, that part of her performance in "The Wrestler" was a really big factor.
Streep and Hoffman were excellently combative in their roles in "Doubt," but this movie wasn't nominated for best picture even though it has the most acting nominations with four.
No nomination for the director, though.
Nevertheless, I liked it a lot.
This film, which was initially a stage play, favorably reminded me of "The Winslow Boy" and "House of Games," two David Mamet plays which were screen adapted and directed by him that were completely ignored by Oscar.
The Link
The Link
I'd have given "Doubt" consideration as my Best Picture, had it been nominated by the Academy.
I recommend this flick as a worthwhile rental for fans of literate, emotional thespian interaction and we'll see if any of the four nominated actors or actresses win.
