Leading Role: Amy Adams, Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Viola Davis
Director: John Patrick Shanley
EAN: 8717418200596
Rating: UK:15
Product ID: EPID72558389
Description: Celebrated playwright John Patrick Shanley adapts his own original work and directs this drama starring Oscar winners Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Suspicions of molestation arise at a Bronx Catholic school in 1964, with a pri...
Description Celebrated playwright John Patrick Shanley adapts his own original work and directs this drama starring Oscar winners Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Suspicions of molestation arise at a Bronx Catholic school in 1964, with a priest (Hoffman) as the suspect, and a pair of nuns (Streep and ENCHANTED's Amy Adams) on opposite sides of the debate.
Credits
Producer:
Mark Roybal, Scott Rudin
Score Composer:
Howard Shore
Editorial Reviews The tension between unbending principle and the call for compassion and human understanding could scarcely be more pointedly evoked than it is here, and Davis' performance is devastatingly great... Variety (12/10/2008)
A masterpiece without a doubt Daily Mail (05/08/2009)
Meryl Streep is just extraordinary Jonathan Ross, Film 2009 (05/08/2009)
Explosive expect fireworks! It will pin you to your seat Rolling Stone (05/08/2009)
Tense and teasingly ambiguous Time Out (05/08/2009)