2015’s “Spotlight” is about a team of journalists working for the Boston Globe who seek the whole truth about a sexual abuse scandal within the Catholic Church.
As the movie begins we are introduced to a scene that later clearly depicts the Church’s level of concern with the situation. Then, almost 30 years later, when a new editor-in-chief is hired, the Spotlight team are assigned back to find more about a settled case that turns into a much bigger story than anyone thought. The Spotlight team consists of four members, Mike Rezendes (Mark Ruffalo), Sacha Pfeiffer (Rachel McAdams), Matt Carroll (Brian d’Arcy James), and their editor Walter Robby Robinson (Michael Keaton).
Overall, the story has been translated into the film well, along with enacting the process of getting this information. Although, it seems that the casting directors for the movie have made a mistake in letting Liev Schreiber portray Marty Baron. Schreiber usually acts as more serious characters, for example Victor Creed in Wolverine. Other than that the directors made work of their choice in actors. A particular part played by Billy Crudup was an enjoyable character, despite his passive hostility.
The mood projected throughout the movie shifted with the intensity of it, for example, once the Spotlight team had most of the evidence against the archdiocese Rezendes had wanted to publish the story right away. But, thankfully, Robinson disagreed along with the rest of the team. However, there was a scene that had been extended way beyond its necessity, where the reporter Matt Carroll discovered that a rehabilitation home for the priests who had sexually offended was less than block away from his house.
Overall the film was a great production and definitely deserved the awards that it earned. It captured all of the facts inside of the tragedy and drama that spread as a result of the event, along with my attention.
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