The reason why we should never surrender our Freedom of the press

Rating: 10/10 (29 February 2016)

Spotlight is a movie which is making you realize how dearly we should never surrender our freedom of the press.
This movie tells the real story of a team of 5 journalists working for the Boston Globe who, despite the deep willingness of the Church and their supporters to bury it, uncovers one of the biggest scandals which shook the entire planet: the scandalous and systematic cover up of priests molesting young children they were in charge of by the Catholic Church itself.
It all started with one case, then thirteen until it reached the chilling number of ninety priests molesting children during their entire career while people knew but turned their eyes because of all the good the Church was doing for the city.
I was deeply shocked by the hypocrisy and real stiffness of this system for example when Rachel McAdams is interviewing that priest who admits the facts he's accused of but insists that it was not rape as he was raped himself. When the interview ended, while she walks down the stairs, she realizes that the priest lives nearby a school. What's even more shocking is the reaction of the Church towards the issue. They surely know of it but prefer to cover it up by hiding legal documents proving the rapes so nobody could gain access to it with the providential help of justice employees or even by frequently putting pressure on the journalists to protect the Church reputation.
This movie is also an ode to reporting throughout those 5 journalists who keep digging, tracking down each of the victims to get their chilling statements even risking some hardly gained friendships with defense attorneys to get to the truth. My compliment by the way to Jamey Sheridan who played one of those attorneys who was just doing his job despite being secretly disgusted by his clients abuses.
Spotlight is a must see and it truly deserves its Oscar for the Best Picture of the year. And it deserves also the highest note to me. 10/10