masterpiece

Rating: 9/10 (29 February 2016)

All in all it's a compelling piece of work from McCarthy, perhaps his best to date. Spotlight is a zippy and mightily distracting film. Performances are all excellent. "Spotlight" tackles a big, true and important story which really does deserve to be told. An admirable job of telling the events as they truly happened, showing the viewer the key players and how they investigated this devastating case, from the beginning to the end. No matter how close to the truth the story is, the fact is that everything is perfectly compelling. The thing that most people will be likely to remember is that the vents are gripping, forcing the audience to be glued to the screen. "Spotlight" does tell an important story and for its two-hour runtime, the film is perfect.