Unsettling But Captivating

Rating: 7/10 (11 December 2015)

I saw "Spotlight", starring Michael Keaton-Need For Speed, The Other Guys; Mark Ruffalo-The Hulk in the Avengers movies, 13 Going on 30 and Liev Schreiber-Salt, Sabretooth in the X-Men movies.
This is based on a true story about the Catholic priests that were caught molesting kids. The title of the movie Spotlight refers to the name of the investigative team of reporters that worked for the Boston Globe. Michael is the team leader, with Mark and Rachel as a couple of his teammates. Liev is the new Editor in charge that gets the investigation going. Previously, no one had any luck in proving anything against the pedophileing priests because the Catholic church was so powerful. They had teams of lawyers and they had relocated the bad boy priests to different branches of the church after they would get caught and then continue business as if nothing ever happened. The Spotlight team uncovers more than even they were expecting; over 90 of the offending clergymen. And that is just in the Boston area! The actors are all good in their roles and the story is captivating, although a little unsettling because of the subject matter. It's rated "R" for language and sexual content-no nudity-and has a running time of 2 hours & 8 minutes. It would be a good rental-not one I would buy, once was enough.