A damning and shocking look at the hypocrisy of one of the world's biggest religious organisations and the people who were brave enough to expose them

Rating: 9/10 (5 May 2016)

Spotlight is a drama film starring Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams and Liev Schreiber. Based on the true story of the Boston Globe's uncovering of child sex abuse by Catholic priests, it is one of the best acted dramas I have ever seen. It is a damning and shocking look at the hypocrisy of one of the world's biggest religious organisations and the people who were brave enough to expose them.
In early 2001, the Boston Globe's group of investigative journalists, known as "Spotlight", work tirelessly around the clock to uncover the recent child molestation cover-ups involving priests at the local Catholic Churches. During their research, the group discover that these cover-ups may go back even further than they had originally thought, even to the Vatican itself.
Well acted and well-written, Spotlight handles its dark subject matter very carefully. It would have been easy to exaggerate the heroic nature of the group of journalists but instead they are shown as regular people who want nothing more than a sense of justice. The cast were all fantastic, Mark Ruffalo in particular gives one of the best performances of his career as Michael Rezendes, as do Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams and Liev Schreiber.
I rate it 8.5/10.