Shine the Spotlight on This.

Rating: 10/10 (6 January 2016)

Spotlight (2015): Dir: Tom McCarthy / Cast: Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, Stanley Tucci: Captivating film about a group of journalist from the Boston Globe who are focused on, or as the title fittingly puts it, putting the spotlight on over ninety priest who have molested children decades ago and the legal system that covered it up. There are lots of regrets and many speculations that this team is working to bring light to. Michael Keaton heads the operation hoping to convince old colleagues to reverse their previous decision and right previous wrongs. Mark Ruffalo has fun with a rookie role where he saunters about trying to get an attorney, played by Stanley Tucci to allow him to interview past victims. Tucci would prefer that the emotional wounds of these victims not be opened but he soon comes to terms with the importance of not having these incidents happen in the future. Rachel McAdams plays another journalist who is determined to break this story but often meets with rejection. At one point she even has a former priest admitting his wrong until his sister warns her away. Liev Schreiber plays a new arrival who first opens this story up. Director Tom McCarthy handles the film in similar vein as All the President's Men or The Paper with realism in the sets and locations with a touch of paranoia thrown in. The subject is sensitive and controversial but perhaps the film deals this subject because it is handled very discreetly in reality. Now it is given the spotlight it needs to bring the guilty to justice and the victims closer to closure. Score: 10 / 10