Powerful and maddening

Rating: 10/10 (14 December 2015)

Based on fact drama. It's about a newspaper (the Boston Globe) who's Spotlight team (played by Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams and Brian d'Arcy James) broke the sex scandal about priests molesting alter boys in the Catholic church in 2002. It shows step by step how they found out about it and how the Catholic church does everything in its power to block them.
Powerful and frightening drama. It's not a loud movie. It's all talk and moves slowly but I was never bored. I'm a native Bostonian and I remember when this story broke. However this movie reveals a LOT more that was never made public. I was VERY angry by the end. It makes it clear that the church knew very well was going on and did nothing to stop it. Even worse they kept transferring the priests from parish to parish spreading the abuse. The movie treats this in a matter of fact way making it all the more powerful. It was beautifully filmed in and around Boston. It's easy to see why this got a Golden Globe nod for Best Direction and an Oscar for Best Picture. All the cast is good--especially McAdams and Ruffalo. When Ruffalo loses control at the end it's shocking. A long and depressing film that will make you angry but it's a must-see movie.