A riveting and educating movie

Rating: 9/10 (28 December 2015)

Right after the movie two thoughts popped up in my mind. First, journalists are serious about their career. To work in the journalism is a strong commitment in a bumpy road. Second, to have faith in work is hard. Good journalists genuinely believe in the values of their job. It's safe to say many live to work rather than work to live. ------------------ Spotlight team unveils the world-shaking scandal of the catholic church community in Boston. Investigation starts with an allegation of one priest and then the scandal got just more complex as the team dug deeper. Eventually nearly 90 priests in Boston were found to have a history of child molestation. The storyline unfolds into a revelation of the ugly protection of the convicts from the church. Before this movie, I rarely thought into the life of victims when I read about them in newspapers. Spotlight did a great job in showing the audience how much trauma the victims went through as their self-esteem, religious faith and sex views collapsed and twisted. The lawyer commented the survivors as the fortunate ones, as they at least survived. The cast of the movie had a natural and engaging delivery. The unnoticeable acting constructs people that are made of flesh-and-blood. No dramatic or heroic behaviour, but just busy, hard-working and emotional journalists who live on a good deal of junk food. The movie ends flat out as well. No campy music or special close-up of any character. Rapidly printing of the newspapers quietly celebrated the triumph.