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Spotlight

2015 2h 9m
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7.8/10
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Spotlight

The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.

"Break the story. Break the silence."

Top Billed Cast

Mark Ruffalo
Mark Ruffalo
Michael Rezendes
Michael Keaton
Michael Keaton
Walter 'Robby' Robinson
Rachel McAdams
Rachel McAdams
Sacha Pfeiffer
Liev Schreiber
Liev Schreiber
Marty Baron
John Slattery
John Slattery
Ben Bradlee, Jr.
Brian d'Arcy James
Brian d'Arcy James
Matt Carroll
Stanley Tucci
Stanley Tucci
Mitchell Garabedian
Elena Wohl
Elena Wohl
Barbara

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

R Reno Verified TMDB Critic
2016-02-24

> Uncovering the sins committed by whom the millions of people believe in.

A documentary film would show the real faces of those offenders to shame them. That's the reason I desperately wanted it to be a documentary, then I would have definitely given a maximum mark. There's no complaint about this movie, but adaptation means fakes acting, fake settings and awards goes to non real achievers. Anyway, this movie kind looked a semi documentary and liked the way it was made.

The movie exposed a very important scandal. If something is open for a debate in the US means, the rest of the world w...

A Andres Gomez Verified TMDB Critic
2016-04-11

Spotlight story is interesting and has a good cast which performs very well, but the feeling of the story is flat.

First, they are talking about abuses to children but you feel almost the whole time that they are following the lead of any other story almost as bureaucrats. There is not much of sensitivity put into the matter.

Second, they are exposing a huge case of system "missbehavior" (to say the least) in the Catholic Church hierarchy and you see how the whole city of Boston is treating this institution with great care. Then, this movie is about showing to the world how the expositio...

M mattwilde123 Verified TMDB Critic
2017-03-09

This was a very shocking and well made film. It is about the scandal involving a cover-up of Catholic priests molesting children in the Boston area. I was surprised with the delicate nature of the film's script and how well it was handled. It had a very solid ensemble cast which helped make the film moving and horrific in parts.

I am glad that a film like this won Best Picture at the Academy Awards as it had a very important message (even if I was rooting for 'The Revenant').

★★★★...

N Nutshell Verified TMDB Critic
2019-08-10

A true account of the Boston Globe's investigative reporting on the vatican's approval of sexual predator priests over many decades. Disturbing to say the least. Excellent performances from Mark Ruffalo and Michael Keaton. It's easy for movies like this to get bogged down in the details but the pacing here is remarkably fluid, just a bit over 2 hours very well spent....

T tmdb40011370 Verified TMDB Critic
2019-12-08

A friend recommended this film to me. I was reluctant because I am no big fan of Micheal Keaton. But I watched it anyway purely because of the disturbing subject matter.

Clearly this cover-up resonates throughout the US a great deal, but living in England for most of my life I don't think the shocking revelations ever rang out much other than for a random story-line that probably got buried after the immediate events of 9/11.

I won't repeat the story here because other reviewers have already covered that; but what I really admired about the film was how very underplayed it felt througho...