True story, important film - Child abuse in the Church

Rating: 7/10 (29 September 2016)

Did the world needed a scandal about child abuse in the Church? Well, definitely not.
Did the world needed a film about the uncovering of that scandal? Oh yes, it did. And you should watch it, because this film is going to move you.
"Spotlight" (2016's Acadamy Award for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay) is based on a true story. The revelations of the Boston Globe worried the world 15 years ago and shook the Catholic Church to its foundations. The "Spotlight"-team was awarded for the Pulitzer Prize of 2003.
But even if you know the story behind that all, you will be surprised and still shocked, by each revelation during this movie, and you will gain much empathy for the investigating journalists.
That is thanks to the actors especially. It's no wonder the cast won the Critics' Choice Award for "Best Ensemble" because Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Michael Keaton and Brian d'Arcy James totally nailed their characters. Also Liev Schreiber does a great job, as the new editor of the Bosten Globe, who gets the ball of investigation rolling.
And to deliver such an acting and such a passion is not easy in a film which is set mostly in the basement: the basement of a newspaper office and in the deepest basement of humanity.
Peace.