Good, but Overrated B Movie

Rating: 6/10 (15 January 2016)

I just watched this movie. Once is enough. It's a very good "B" movie, but I found it overrated and over-hyped. It wasn't bad or anything, but just a solid low budget film.
The cast really gave it their all, and I would praise them for their performances, especially Ruffalo, McAdams, and my favorite was actually Schreiber, who I'm surprised was overlooked (maybe he didn't have enough screen time here).
The fact is that in my humble opinion, this film was boring because it was very repetitive. It was just one reporter after another constantly sitting down with a new victim or lawyer or knocking on a door or sitting down in the office discussing the case. There was little suspense that proposed any truly dramatic effect on the characters. For example, in a similar film, see The Insider about the nicotine investigation and whistle blower, where Michael Mann uses threats on his main characters' life and family to elevate the tension and drama. The effect is much more compelling and riveting.
That's not to say that what they provided wasn't sufficient, but there was ultimately no escalation in climactic events, and that's where this redundancy I mention became apparent. I found myself looking at my watch to see how much longer the movie would last because the scenes were also "chippy". What I mean by that is that they were all super short (seemingly 2-3 minutes multiplied by (scenes)=_____) in this repetitiveness.
Bottom line: I'm sorry, but I don't see it. I don't see all of the award praise and favoritism. That's why I wanted to see it- to see if it was as good as what I heard, but it honestly fell short for me. It is a great low budget movie with good performances, but nothing special.