Does that make sense??

With the holidays now over and life mostly back to normal, I thought it was time to post. On New Years Eve (before heading up to the city for New Year’s celebrations) I went with two good friends to see Doubt. All us had wanted to see the movie and even better we had three free passes.

During the after movie “did you like it?” discussion and ride home, it was determined that it was a good movie with good acting. We all agreed that this was a thinking movie. Doubt is one of those films that you come out and your brain is going a mile a minute trying to process it.

I enjoy thinking movies, (though I have to be in the right mood). I am always impressed when a film can leave me thinking about more then just where I want to go for dinner.  This film made me think about the assumptions I make about people, and their actions. Though the theme of the film was a bit heavy handed, it still made its point.

Spoilers Ahead!!

During the post film discussion an interesting thing happened. The two friends I had gone to see the film with are both teachers (one currently teaching high school and the other a former high school teacher now in graduate school). Both of them thought the priest should be removed from the school. They felt the relationship was inappropriate, even though they where unsure if anything inappropriate had actually taken place. In contrast, I left the film still unsure whether the priest had done anything wrong, and ready to give the man the benefit of the doubt.

It was interesting to me that both these friends saw the same thing. I’m not sure why they saw it, but I personally think it was because of their backgrounds as high school teachers. In their daily dealings with teenagers they have seen the results of abuse in many forms. This background I believe give them a desire to keep children away from anything that may cause them harm.

So overall my review is: Worth $10 admission