Spotlight
Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schrieber and Stanley Tucci lead this true story following the Boston Globe journalists who investigated allegations of abuse in the Catholic Church, uncovering and exposing a decade-long cover-up that spans the world. The investigation won the Pulitzer Prize. From the director of Win Win and The Station Agent.
- Director:
- Tom McCarthy ('Win Win', 'The Visitor', 'The Station Agent', 'The Cobbler')
- Writer:
- Tom McCarthyJosh Singer
- Cast:
- Michael KeatonRachel McAdamsMark RuffaloLiev SchreiberStanley TucciJohn SlatteryBilly CrudupBrian d'Arcy JamesGene Amoroso
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Matt Glasby
flicksThere’s something old-fashioned about Tom (The Station Agent) McCarthy’s real-life child abuse drama, and it’s not just the setting: 1990s/2000s Boston. Although – it has to be said – reasonably unappealing as Friday night viewing, it’s a film with integrity, about people trying to hold on to that self-same quality. Like its protagonists, it’s modest, unstarry, and admirably unswerving. It gets the job done.
Shines a pretty big spotlight on the world's misdeeds.
I usually really don't enjoy true story films. I mean, sure they're portraying something incredible that people need to see, but I feel like most aren't done too well. But when you get an amazing director and an even more amazing collective group of actors together you get something like Spotlight, something that really opens your eyes and defines the...
Disturbing subject matter yet well executed
I had heard a lot of buzz around this film before seeing it and with an impressive cast I was excited to see it. The subject matter certainly makes it "Oscar Bait". I thought the film was well paced and had an intensity to it where I felt myself so drawn into the film and what they were doing. I did not know anything about the story other than the jokes...
Not the best picture but a worthy nominee
No, the Big Short was my best picture, but Spotlight was very good too. Well acted by a great cast. Even though you knew the final outcome, it sustained your interest through the whole long and difficult process, painting a solid picture of Boston's ultra Catholic along the way. Would there have been a Royal Commission in Australia if the a Spotlight team...
Unmissable
I love a good newspaper film and this one definitely didn't disappoint. It's a quietly considered, but passionate film, much like it's wonderful ensemble cast, who immediately shine with diligence & integrity - in place of actor-y showiness and star power. An easy trap to fall into with the impressive line up, but actor-turned-director Tom McCarthy puts...
Shining Light
This is old fashioned film making at its best: one of the most superb cast's to be assembled in years that slowly unwind the harrowing true story of the Catholic church's systematic cover up of paedophilic priest's. Never entangled in trumped up Hollywood sentimentality, this is a film that will have you riveted and haunted in equal measure.
Review: Spotlight
Spotlight is a grim tale. A section of the Boston Globe Newspaper, Spotlight, takes on the task of uncovering the magnitude of molestation and subsequent cover up in the Catholic Church. The strong ensemble cast of Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo and Rachel McAdams lead us through an enthralling and shocking investigation piece with potentially the screenplay...
Variety
pressA magnificently nerdy process movie — a tour de force of filing-cabinet cinema...
Total Film
pressA rigorously detailed telling of an important story that never loses sight of the human devastation.
Time Out
pressA more subtle, damning film for implicating the media – as much as the church, the courts, the legal profession and other Boston institutions – in the systematic, wider cultural cover-up it describes.
The Washington Post
pressFor all of its modesty and dedication to process, Spotlight winds up being a startlingly emotional experience...
The Guardian
pressNever hits the heights of passion, but capably and decently tells an important story.
Sydney Morning Herald
pressThis might just be the best newspaper film since All the President's Men in 1976.
Rolling Stone
pressThis landmark film takes a clear-eyed look at the digital future and honors the one constant that journalism needs to stay alive and relevant: a fighting spirit.
Hollywood Reporter
pressIts prosaic presentation suggests that the story's full potential, encompassing deep, disturbing and enduring pain on all sides of the issue, has only begun to be touched.
Empire Magazine
pressA grown-up film about serious people that mercifully escapes any awards-grabbing platitudes, this is more thrilling than most action movies.
Flicks, Matt Glasby
flicksThere’s something old-fashioned about Tom (The Station Agent) McCarthy’s real-life child abuse drama, and it’s not just the setting: 1990s/2000s Boston. Although – it has to be said – reasonably unappealing as Friday night viewing, it’s a film with integrity, about people trying to hold on to that self-same quality. Like its protagonists, it’s modest, unstarry, and admirably unswerving. It gets the job done.
Variety
pressA magnificently nerdy process movie — a tour de force of filing-cabinet cinema...
Total Film
pressA rigorously detailed telling of an important story that never loses sight of the human devastation.
Time Out
pressA more subtle, damning film for implicating the media – as much as the church, the courts, the legal profession and other Boston institutions – in the systematic, wider cultural cover-up it describes.
The Washington Post
pressFor all of its modesty and dedication to process, Spotlight winds up being a startlingly emotional experience...
The Guardian
pressNever hits the heights of passion, but capably and decently tells an important story.
Sydney Morning Herald
pressThis might just be the best newspaper film since All the President's Men in 1976.
Rolling Stone
pressThis landmark film takes a clear-eyed look at the digital future and honors the one constant that journalism needs to stay alive and relevant: a fighting spirit.
Hollywood Reporter
pressIts prosaic presentation suggests that the story's full potential, encompassing deep, disturbing and enduring pain on all sides of the issue, has only begun to be touched.
Empire Magazine
pressA grown-up film about serious people that mercifully escapes any awards-grabbing platitudes, this is more thrilling than most action movies.
Shines a pretty big spotlight on the world's misdeeds.
I usually really don't enjoy true story films. I mean, sure they're portraying something incredible that people need to see, but I feel like most aren't done too well. But when you get an amazing director and an even more amazing collective group of actors together you get something like Spotlight, something that really opens your eyes and defines the...
Disturbing subject matter yet well executed
I had heard a lot of buzz around this film before seeing it and with an impressive cast I was excited to see it. The subject matter certainly makes it "Oscar Bait". I thought the film was well paced and had an intensity to it where I felt myself so drawn into the film and what they were doing. I did not know anything about the story other than the jokes...
Not the best picture but a worthy nominee
No, the Big Short was my best picture, but Spotlight was very good too. Well acted by a great cast. Even though you knew the final outcome, it sustained your interest through the whole long and difficult process, painting a solid picture of Boston's ultra Catholic along the way. Would there have been a Royal Commission in Australia if the a Spotlight team...
Unmissable
I love a good newspaper film and this one definitely didn't disappoint. It's a quietly considered, but passionate film, much like it's wonderful ensemble cast, who immediately shine with diligence & integrity - in place of actor-y showiness and star power. An easy trap to fall into with the impressive line up, but actor-turned-director Tom McCarthy puts...
Shining Light
This is old fashioned film making at its best: one of the most superb cast's to be assembled in years that slowly unwind the harrowing true story of the Catholic church's systematic cover up of paedophilic priest's. Never entangled in trumped up Hollywood sentimentality, this is a film that will have you riveted and haunted in equal measure.
Review: Spotlight
Spotlight is a grim tale. A section of the Boston Globe Newspaper, Spotlight, takes on the task of uncovering the magnitude of molestation and subsequent cover up in the Catholic Church. The strong ensemble cast of Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo and Rachel McAdams lead us through an enthralling and shocking investigation piece with potentially the...
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