danteberrios-29823 It's pretty much what you would expect from a movie deliberately made about a controversial subject and directed to win awards. It's worth watching purely to understand the depth of such a horrifying part of contemporary history, but it won't make you come back to relive the story. Oscar bait at its finest and the cast pulls through very well

combs-84487 In 2001, The Boston Globe worked to provide proof regarding the cover-up of sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church. Editor Marty Baron (Liev Schreiber) assigned the team of journalists to investigate the allegations against the priests for molesting boys. Editor Robby (Michael Keaton), reporters Michael (Mark Ruffalo), Matty (Brian d'Arcy James) and Sacha (Rachel McAdams) interview the victims and try to obtain the documents from the court. This team at The Boston Globe were referred to as Spotlight. The movie Spotlight is a drama/crime film based on a true story.This film really brings to light what went on in the Roman Catholic Church and still goes on today. It is shocking how the Church could have the power to keep this a secret. It's even more surprising that government officials and attorneys have been controlled by the church to turn a blind eye. It's heartbreaking how so many families with children were affected.All the actors did a great job in this film. They each brought something unique to their characters that brought them together as a great team for The Boston Globe. One of my favorite lines in the movie was by Michael Keaton when he says, "Which story do you want us to write? Because we are writing one of them." Loved the power in this statement. There are several other scenes that bring the feeling of intensity to this story. One is when Peter (Paul Guilfoyle) is talking to Robby (Keaton) in the bar telling him that a lot of people need the church, basically telling him he needs to leave this alone. Then when Mike comes running out of the courthouse after getting proof of the sensitive documents disclosing everything about the Church. This scene goes through a passage of time of Mike reading what he found to being present in front of his colleagues, sharing this information from the documents. The scene gets intense between Robby and Mike because Mike wants to print this now, but Robby says no because Marty told them to get the "system."If you like movies based on a true-story, this is a must-see. The story line along with the added sound and lighting will keep you in suspense rooting for this newspaper team to get the answers needed to uncover the truth. In my opinion, the film bears a close comparison to A Few Good Men with Tom Cruise as a military lawyer defending two U.S. Marines charged with killing a fellow Marine at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.Both of these great movies are similar in that they are searching for the truth to uncover a conspiracy.

fmills-24678 Above being a superb movie, it's a very necessary movie. The story needed to be broadcast to the word and there was no better way to do so than this. This movie had me from the begining. Cinematography didn't really bring anything new and exciting but it definitely wasn't a fluke. Direction was great but the overall biggest and most compelling aspect as the acting. This movie had them all. Micheal Keaton and Mark Rufallo's performances gave me chills. They made me believe that they were the ones actually reporting on this story. I'm glad this movie was brought to the screen, not only as an outstanding movie, but as a testament against time that the good in people will prevail when the evil in people try to hide the truth. It deserved best picture for sure. 8.9 out of 10 stars! What a great movie.

dokuz10 The story of this film needs no explanation. It is a very powerful subject and sometimes it makes me wonder how these subjects are allowed in Hollywood. Corruption is everywhere. With the internet expanding and our view of the news changing, as depicted in the film, we have been discovering such stories more and more. The film's execution of its serious subject was not as powerful as it needed it to be. There was only subtle criticism of the Church and the subject of sexual abuse. There should have been more vivid and effective ways of criticizing the behaviour and the cover-up. I don't know if this is even possible considering the power of religious institutions; it might not have been possible to do much more, so we can't blame without knowing the truth. This is not the only reason why I found the film underperformed. The acting was weak, excluding Mark Ruffalo. And I couldn't find myself getting into the story as much as I would've expected to. The story and the subject along with Ruffalo's performance saved this film to be above average. Still, I would recommend it for the story.