Masterful storytelling

Rating: 10/10 (22 September 2016)

Spotlight is a biographical drama directed by Tom McCarthy and stars Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci, Brian d'Arcy James, Liev Schreiber, and Billy Crudup. The film follows Boston Globe's Spotlight team and its investigation into cases of widespread and systemic child sex abuse in the Boston area by numerous Roman Catholic priests. This is a masterpiece of a film, with incredible acting and a great true story to go along with it. The director Tom McCarthy totally got the story right and paid tribute to the amazing journalists while never making them look like people with superpowers or anything other than normal people tackling a story with weight for the good of everyone. Everybody does a fantastic job here, but Mark Ruffalo stood out to me the most from the bunch. He was amazing and was fully committed to the role from beginning to the end. Also the soundtrack by Howard Shore was Oscar worthy even though it wasn't even nominated on the category for some reason. Everything from the cinematography to the music and the editing builds up to an absolute masterpiece of a film that is created superbly for our eyes to enjoy and our minds to think.