There's a reason it got the Best Picture Oscar...

Rating: 8/10 (1 March 2016)

Many people, judging by media reports, still seem to be a bit shell shocked that Spotlight hopped over The Revenant to win the Best Picture Oscar yesterday. The bookies as we know had Revenant ahead. But so did lots of other commentators.
I was glad Spotlight won. Always thought it was a better overall film. At first hearing it may not seem much like a movie that would be of wide interest. A bunch of investigative journalists uncovering a story of widespread child molestation by the clergy in Boston. Yup, sounds interesting conceptually but perhaps too serious a subject matter for an afternoon's entertainment?
Actually, try it out. The team of journalists at the Boston Globe, all have fleshed out characters, look vibrant and engaged in what they are doing, and act well as an ensemble. No one big dominating hero here. It's the team in focus.
Remember All the Presidents Men? That 1976 Redford, Hoffman movie about the uncovering of the Watergate scandal by The Washington Post? Well, Spotlight is in that genre of films. You will not be bored