November 28th in Chicago, IL. This film opened to rave reviews and received a 97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Directed and written by Tom McCarthy with an all-star cast that includes the following:
- Mark Ruffalo as Michael Rezendes
- Michael Keaton as Walter "Robby" Robinson
- Rachel McAdams as Sacha Pfeiffer
- Liev Schreiber as Marty Baron
- John Slattery as Ben Bradlee Jr.
- Brian d'Arcy James as Matt Carroll
- Stanley Tucci as Mitchell Garabedian, attorney
- Gene Amoroso as Stephen Kurkjian, Boston Globe general investigative reporter
- Jamey Sheridan as Jim Sullivan, an attorney representing the Church
- Billy Crudup as Eric MacLeish, an attorney
McCarthy and the cast do not disappoint. The picture is based on the Boston Globe's investigative reporting team's (it's called Spotlight, hence the title) uncovering of the the Boston archdiocese's sexual abuse scandal in 2002. McCarthy focuses the story on the tedious investigation of the systematic abuse. The more the team digs, the more the they uncover. The more people become disgusted and the more defensive people get. It also doesn't overlook the fact that there was a community wide cover-up that goes back to the 60s in the Catholiciest town in the United States.
With a run time of nearly 130 minutes, the film does not get boring, as McCarthy does a really nice job with the pace of the film. The cast had excellent performances all around, especially Keaton and Ruffalo. The subject matter of the film is disturbing and it made me cringe when they deduced that there were 90 potential abusers but, this film is a must see and wouldn't surprise me if it gets some nominations for the awards season. Any problems I have with the film are very minor and not really worth nitpicking.
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