Spotlight is the best
film about investigative journalism since All the President's Men. Based on
actual events in 2001,The Boston Globe newspaper explored supposed molestations
by local priests and the cover up of these crimes. The team of reporters
uncovered a vast conspiracy of lies and silence amid a growing list of victims
over the decades. Told in a non-sensationalistic, methodical narrative, the
story starts as a mystery that unfolds bit by bit until the scope of the
scandal grows to unconscionable proportions. Director/Writer Tom McCarthy has
meticulously documented a tragic moment in history with support by a wonderful
ensemble cast including Liev Schreiber, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, and
Mark Ruffalo. Rarely has journalism been so realistically portrayed on film.
The screenplay has Oscar written all over it.
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