"Spotlight" uncovering the dark secrets of the Catholic church

Rating: 9/10 (19 February 2017)

How far would you go to uncover the dark secrets of the world's largest institute? The Roman Catholic Church a place where people go to find peace and comfort is now tainted with allegations of priest's molesting and raping young boys and girls. In this captivating drama that is based on true events it is up to a team of news reporters to uncover the truth behind it all. I really enjoyed this movie even though going into it I had no idea what it was going to be about. The way "Spotlight" is set up is incredibly done and it leaves you feeling dumbstruck because you would have never guessed the outrages actions people did to cover this scandal up.
Like I said I had no idea what the plot of this movie was and at the beginning of this movie I could tell this was going to be a very serious. As this movie progressed, I was constantly shocked, surprised, and floored by a remarkably well written, directed, and acted film. This movie truly blew me away. "Spotlight" is very subdued in a lot of ways, the movie doesn't make the news reporters look like heroes but rather look like actual news reporters who love their job and just want the truth of this scandal to reach the public. The fact that this is based on a true story is absolutely incredible. "Spotlight" directed by Tom McCarthy and with great Hollywood stars like Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo and Liev Schreiber "Spotlight" hit the big screen in November 2015.
In 2001, editor of the Boston Globe Marty Baron (Liev Schreiber) assigns a team of journalist to investigate allegations against a priest named John Geoghan, who was accused of molesting over 80 boys in the city of Boston. Led by editor Walter "Robby" Robinson (Michael Keaton), who runs a team of reporters such as Michael Rezendes (Mark Ruffalo) and Sachas Pfeiffer (Rachel McAdams), interview the rape victims of these priest and uncover sensitive information that would relieve the truth of what is really going on within the Roman Catholic Church. These brave reporters make is their mission to find proof that there is a cover-up of sexual abuse of girls and boys by the priest that are said to make these children feel safe within the Roman Catholic Church. No matter how many obstacles these reporters faced nothing would stop them from uncovering the truth.
"Spotlight" is a film that is so well acted and directed that as you watch it you almost forget that you are actually watching a film, you feel like it is a documentary. The story is so well told that you truly feel these true events are happening right before your eyes despite the fact you know you are looking at Michael Keaton and you know he played Batman or the fact that Mark Ruffalo is the Hulk. Michael Keaton is fantastic in this film and the performance he delivers is absolutely breathtaking with his snarky remarks and straight forward attitude. But the one scene that really tugged on my heart strings was when Mark Ruffalo's character, wanting to publish the story early because he knew that this injustice in the Catholic Church needed to be put in the light but Michael Keaton's characters knew that waiting was the right call because the team still needed more informations to truly take this institute down. Ruffalo's heart warming speech was so well acted it truly had me feel his emotions right through the screen.
This film truly excels in making the audience feel for these victims and the reporters trying to get their stories out there. With amazing performances from all of the cast and a great director behind the chair this movie truly is worth watching. I highly recommend this movie to anyone who wants to know the truth of how real journalism works and that it is a tough job as any. This film is definitely for a more mature audience and I wouldn't recommend it for children but showing this film to a child would teach them a valuable lesson and that is the world is a dark and scary place but you shouldn't be afraid to seek the truth.