Such a breathtaking film.

Rating: 9/10 (6 December 2018)

The movie "Spotlight," was a film about a massive sexual child abuse perpetrated by hundreds of priests of the Catholic Church. The main character of the film was Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Michael Keaton, and Brian d'Arcy James. They go on a journey of finding out the horrible truth about the priests of the Catholic Church.
Spotlight was a group of four journalists named Mike, Walter, Sacha, and Matt. The four of them worked together to investigate, gather information, and were able to get their hands on sensitive records that were sealed to the public. As Spotlight continue to investigate, they come to find out that the Catholic Church were making settlements with the victims of sexual abuse to keep them from ever saying anything to the public. They then found out that a log was kept with the name of all the priests, and each time a priest committed sexual abuse it was written in the log with the excuse that they were absent due to illness. This was a simple act of covering up. At the end Mike was able to get a hold of the public record which reveal all the cases and hundred of priests involved. The law officials have known about these cases for many years and did nothing to stop it from ever happing again.
There were a few film techniques used in this film to bring out the story of these priests. I felt like the film focused more on the information rather than the characters. One of the techniques that I recognize in the film "Spotlight," was the camera movement. In one of the scenes, Matt finds out that one of the accused priest lives close by. The camera follows him from behind as he runs up to the house where the priest lived and then slowly zooms up to Matt face. The scene was intense because it should how Matt was shocked but at the same time also wanting to protect his kids from the priest. Another example of a film technique used is the lighting of the film. I felt like throughout the film the lighting was neutral and, in a way, it almost felt like a documentary. I think the filmmaker wanted its audience to focus more on the details provided rather than the quality of the film.
One film that is similar to "Spotlight" is "Citizen Kane." These two films are similar because they are about journalists going about finding out the truth of the matter. In both films, the authors focused more on the information that was found by the journalist and what it revealed and the facts before publishing it to the public.
In conclusion, I enjoy watching "Spotlight." It was an eye-opening to know what was
going on and how many families were affected by this all. The director of "Spotlight" did a great job of telling the story and the truth about it. This film was a story that many of the Catholic Church didn't think will ever come out and the filmmaker did a great job at putting its focuses on revealing the truth.