I want to know what other stories the Spotlight team have covered!

Rating: 8/10 (1 February 2016)

Spotlight is a journalist-drama that the awards ceremonies will love. The content, acting and unbeatable script merge to make a dreadfully compelling story, one that doesn't scrimp or exaggerate its material to avoid hurting particular factions. Spotlight covers a monumental scandal of recent years: the cover -up of child molestation by the Catholic Church. Led by head journalist Robby (Michael Keaton), the Boston Globe's Spotlight team unravel the truth. The script is perfect, giving us information in spurts rather than spoon feeding it down our gullets. Every shock comes at a reasonable pace, dangling that juicy info I want to know. The four journalists in the Spotlight team put in some fantastic performances, but none so more than Mark Ruffalo, whose passion and assurance shines through. This is one of the most tense films without any action you will ever see.