I stumbled upon this without knowing it was an 'art' film. The acting of Minnie Driver was great,... competent and real. In many ways I would say that this was the only thing that allowed me to continue watching. Although this is my opinion, I had two other people in the room- both friends and fellow engineers- and they walked out to play with the cat in the next room. What does this mean? 'Too much' they agreed as they had a troubled look when I asked why they had left. This may well be a socially responsible and worthwhile type of film to make. However, it rambled and left me sick and feeling tortured. One may reject my review as being uneducated or shallow, but I am not alone here. I feel the film "Doubt" has real moral dilemmas, fears, challenges and human failures within its tight and brilliant characters...a work of art to me. Here, I felt assaulted, beaten, and in no way entertained...ever. Perhaps I am shallow after all, but I go to films for many reasons...always to be entertained. A tense drama needs to unfold and reveal beauty or power... and I found no real message here. I felt jealous of my friends who had gone to play with the cat.
