Well deserved best picture award winner

Rating: 10/10 (13 March 2017)

Spotlight is one of the best films I have ever seen. The story/plot, which is based off of true events is a deeply disturbing one. This movie centers around Spotlight, which is an investigative journalist group of reporters at The Boston Globe, and how they investigate the Catholic Church turning a blind eye and ultimately covering up many many priests physically molesting children. The movie does a wonderful job telling this very eye opening shocking story. The actors are a big factor in how powerful and effective the movie is. Rachel McAdams, Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schriver, and Stanley Tucci all turn in great performances. It's my personal opinion that Ruffalo shines the brightest hear and his Oscar nomination is well deserved. Also what makes the film so moving and well made is the writing. The script for the film is very well put together/thought out and it does a great job at doing the true story justice, it takes you to a place of deep emotion. It's just the right runtime too, it's not an overly long film, it's just at two hours, any shorter and it wouldn't be doing the whole story justice, and too much longer would have been stretching it. I thought hearing the victims explain their stories in sometimes graphic detail was absolutely necessary, as McAdams says in one scene: "the language is going to be very important". Also the film clearly states and makes it clear that this has nothing to do with being gay, I loved that the filmmakers stated that because molestation can and is often used by overly conservative people as for a reason why people are gay. The very serious and heartbreaking issue that the film tackles is a story that everyone needs to hear and be educated about. This isn't fluff entertainment but it's a powerful important well made film. 10/10.