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Spotlight
Overview
Under the direction of new editor Marty Baron (Liev Schreiber), the Boston Globe's elite investigative team, known as Spotlight, is tasked with delving into decades' worth of child-abuse claims against the Catholic Church. Led by Walter "Robby" Robinson (Michael Keaton), the journalists begin to uncover a massive scandal involving sexual abuse and the willful ignorance perpetrated by the Church within the city of Boston. Facing political opposition and resistance from the far-reaching influence of the Church, the reporters put together an explosive exposé on a corrupt system. Directed by Tom McCarthy and based on the true events of the 2002 investigation by the Globe, the star-studded SPOTLIGHT also features Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, John Slattery, Billy Crudup, and Stanley Tucci.
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Main Cast & Crew:
Tom McCarthy - Director
Mark Ruffalo
Michael Keaton
Rachel McAdams
Liev Schreiber
John Slattery
Stanley Tucci
Brian d'Arcy James
Gene Amoroso
Jamey Sheridan
Billy Crudup
Details
- Format: Blu-ray (Ultraviolet Digital Copy, Digital Copy, 2 Pack, Slipsleeve/Digsleeve Packaging, Snap Case)
- Run Time: 128
- UPC: 025192328237
- Genre: DRAMA
- Rating: R (MPAA)
- Release Date: February 2016
Movie Reviews
Reviews:
"[I]t’s a soaring ode to minutiae that makes riveting cinema out of journalism’s least dramatic moments." - 10/31/2015 Washington Post
"Like ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN, it’s a muckraker movie that celebrates the power of the press by actually showing journalists doing their job, pen and notebook in hand." - 11/05/2015 A.V. Club
"Its screenplay is self-effacing, its accomplished direction is intentionally low key, and it encourages its fistful of top actors to blend into an eloquent ensemble." - 11/05/2015 Los Angeles Times
4 stars out of 4 -- "There's no higher compliment to pay this steadily riveting, quietly devastating take on investigative journalism than to say SPOTLIGHT gets it right." - 11/04/2015 Rolling Stone
"SPOTLIGHT is a great newspaper movie of the old-school model....A pure celebration of journalists doing what they do best." - 11/05/2015 RogerEbert.com
"SPOTLIGHT is a gripping detective story and a superlative newsroom drama, a solid procedural that tries to confront evil without sensationalism." - 11/06/2015 New York Times
"SPOTLIGHT is deeply serious, as well as exceptionally dramatic, a rare conjunction of qualities that makes it the best movie of 2015." - 12/17/2015 Wall Street Journal
4 stars out of 5 -- "[SPOTLIGHT] is the real thing, a supremely talented cast who subsume ego to tell a story of a group achievement." - 01/25/2016 Empire
"Tom McCarthy’s sobering drama demonstrates disciplined filmmaking built upon scrupulous storytelling, clear-eyed direction and unshowy performances..." - 01/25/2016 Total Film
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