Philip Seymour Hoffman: A Viewer’s Guide Our guide to the Oscar-winner’s greatest big screen moments Tweet
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FOR THE FAN: Doubt (2008) John Patrick Shanley’s adaptation of his own stage play gives Hoffman free rein to bamboozle us with the slippery, sinister Catholic priest. Is he a child molester, as Meryl Streep’s pious Sister Aloysius suspects, or just a kindly man in the wrong business? The ambiguous nature of his performance gels brilliantly with a stagey but intriguing melodrama that Shanley translates from Broadway with mixed results. The success of the film’s central idea – that Arthur Miller-y notion that faith considerably lightens the burden of proof – depended on audiences walking out with doubts of their own. Streep and Hoffman, a powerhouse duo, made sure that they did.
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1	Big Lebowski and State & Maine?
	OK, only 7 movies so some must be left out but....!! More
	Posted by Heidionline on Tuesday November 13, 2012, 16:31
2	amazing actor
	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGOYZY-ne-0 More
	Posted by bill the butcher on Tuesday November 6, 2012, 04:22
3	you forgot LOVE LIZA
	his amazing work in LOVE LIZA More
	Posted by bill the butcher on Tuesday November 6, 2012, 04:20
4	The Talented Mr Hoffman
	The Boat That Rocked wasn't that bad. It was certainly a lot better than Love, Actually and one of Richard Curtis's better creations. And no mention of The Talented Mr Ripley? Surely a classic supporting performance. Boogie Nights: how could it be left out? More
	Posted by stilli666 on Monday November 5, 2012, 17:12
5	SNY
	on 1st place Synecdoche, New York More
	Posted by bereski on Monday November 5, 2012, 11:09
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	What about Synedoche New York?!?! More
	Posted by ukedge87 on Saturday November 3, 2012, 09:59
7	And what about.....
	Idea of March or Almost Famous? More
	Posted by Mark Daws on Friday November 2, 2012, 14:01
8	Hmmm
	Surprised not to see Boogie Nights and Punch Drunk love get mentions but I guess that is just a bit of favouritism on my part. Good list though. More
	Posted by guysalisbury on Friday November 2, 2012, 13:14
9	RE:
	ter is the third time Hoffman has worked with Paul Thomas Anderson, a five-film partnership that kicked off when his cameo, I've read this a few times now. Pretty sure I'm not drunk and it just doesn't make sense. More
	Posted by matty_b on Thursday November 1, 2012, 23:14
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	Charlie Wilson's War didn't get him a Best Actor nomination, it was supporting. There's been several mistakes in articles recently. More
	Posted by Marcus Brody on Thursday November 1, 2012, 21:28
11	Synecdoche NY? Talented Mr Ripley? The as-of-yet-unmade-DarkKnightRises-sequel-where-he-plays-Penguin-OR-the-Riddler?
	? More
	Posted by veedlemonster on Thursday November 1, 2012, 21:08
12	I DID NOT WANT TO HAVE TO BRING IT UP (AGAIN!)
	... But, Empire, Brian Cox last week now Mr. Hoffman and still no 25th Hour - it's fantastic! Other than that, great choices. More
	Posted by bergkamp on Thursday November 1, 2012, 18:04

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