Appropriate recount of a societal cancer, though not a monumental movie

Rating: 6/10 (15 February 2016)

It has the full merit of showing a reconstruction of the investigative process that went into finding out about the squalid trail of abuse and corruption perpetrated under the untouchable umbrella of the Catholic Church – spit – and making it all public despite the institutional omertà (you gotta pronounce it with the accent, people; it sounds like the Spanish "Que Sera") and all-consuming 9/11/01 terrorist attacks. Ruffalo is the one that comes through in this, since he's both an elastic actor and a real-life passionate activist; the movie itself isn't memorable or particularly gripping, cast notwithstanding, sticking as it does to procedural moves and case filing. At least, though, it doesn't pimp the story with the usual crass affectation like in "The Big Short", an otherwise timely tale of power and destruction. If not for a straight-to-DVD movie titled "Milquetoast", I don't know why they keep giving roles to Rachel McAda... zzzzz