Stunningly average

Rating: 6/10 (24 January 2016)

Spotlight, in this guys' humble opinion, was a good movie that never quite made it to 'great.' I completely missed what the hype machine has dubbed for Rachel McAdams. Her character and performance was serviceable, but standard. Ruffalo was quite good.
My main issue with the film was that I never felt any real danger or tension. Where a film like All The President's Men succeeds (a clear compatible film) is in a palpable sense of danger. In Spotlight, the main dramatic tension came from making sure The Herald wasn't going to get some unsealed documents first(?). Honestly... who the f**k reads The Herald?Anyway... The unraveling of the bigger picture wasn't as compelling as I wanted it to be. I so desperately was rooting for this movie, because the 70's style cinema brand of talking and sitting (pre-Sorkin cinematic evolutionary 'walk and talk') is right up my alley. My favorite films employ this kind of human story-no big set pieces-just actors being great with great writing... But something was missing. No mystery. The end as obvious from the first frame as from the middle one, as from the last. I wish I was moved.