Why 'Doubt' and 'Frost/Nixon' work better as plays

The Theater Loop - News from America's hottest theater city: "As movie adaptations of stage plays go, the recently released 'Frost/Nixon' and 'Doubt' are among the best of recent vintage, not least because the writers of the sourcing play also penned the screen versions. Both contain distinguished performances that deserve to figure in the Academy Awards nominations. Both have brought powerful contemporary dramas to a much wider audience."