An important movie, very well executed.

Rating: 8/10 (29 December 2015)

Spotlight is the story about how the spotlight team, a research team connected to the Boston Globe uncovers a great scandal in 2001; the abuse of many children, mostly boys in the catholic church by priests. When further investigating they find that this is global and has been known higher up within the church but kept hidden. This was the start of the uncovering of many such scandals within the catholic church a.i. involving sexual abuse and the cover up of this abuse.
This story is a serious one and didn't need thrills and frills. So I am glad it was filmed and scripted in a very natural way. No Hollywood drama but real drama. An important and real story that was dealt with accordingly.
A very good job was done of writing it out in such a way that it feels natural, close to how it really must have gone at the time. The acting compliments this very well. This is an all star cast with people like Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo and Rachel McAdams. They are well casted and work well together. Their acting is mostly subtle but this is good in my opinion. Like I said no Hollywood drama, this feels very real. Liev Schreiber a nice surprise, never a bad actor but this time rising above himself playing the best role he ever played.
In turn the filming, sets and cinematography compliment the story and acting giving it even more of a real feel. The messy desks, the casual look the office has etc all feel very much natural.
With the award season coming up this movie could be one of the big winners. In my opinion Liev Schreiber should be nominated for best supporting actor. And the movie for best movie.
All in all a must watch movie.