A great movie, at last!

Rating: 8/10 (31 October 2017)

Spotlight. Nominated for best motion picture (won), supporting actor (Mark Ruffalo), supporting actress (Rachel McAdams), original screenplay (Johs Singer and Tom McCarthy- won), best direction (Tom McCarthy), and best editing (Tom McArdle). Remarkable film, with great directing work. Everyone in the cast is well, and Rachel's performance, and especially Ruffalo's, are great. Honorable mention must be made for Michael Keaton, who although belatedly consolidates himself as a great actor, after an irregular beginning and a half career; and also to Liev Schreiber, who plays with surgical precision the role of editor Marty Baron. Every supporting cast is strictly embedded, which is undoubtedly merit of the director. The editing of the film is accurate, a difficult job, in view of the excellent but intricate script. The plot tells the true story of an investigation into sexual abuse of children by Catholic church fathers. A group of journalists from the Boston Globe were charged with raising the accusations. The deepening of the evidence brought the case to gigantic proportions. The script is unraveled so that the viewer is taken aback, to the same extent that journalists find, terrified, that sexual abuse in the Catholic Church is systemic, methodical and diabolically obscured by the highest echelons of the institution. Whoever sees the film becomes part of the team, and it is impossible not to be moved at various times. Spotlight is an excellent film, which does not seek to deepen the discussion about religion, but rather what institutions like the Catholic Church make of it. 8 out 10.