Spotlight

 

Spotlight 2015

• Director: Tom McCarthy
• Seen by this director: The Visitor, Station Agent
• Based on the book: no
• Cast: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Brian D’Arcy James, Stanley Tucci, James Sheridan, Billy Crudup
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Mark Ruffalo – a Now You See Me, The Kids Are All Right, Reservation Road, Zodiac, Rumour Has It, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, My Life without Me
• Michael Keaton – Jackie Brown, Much Ado About Nothing, Beetlejuice 
• Rachel McAdams – Doctor Strange, About Time, Sherlock Holmes 1&2, Slings and Arrows
• Liev Schreiber – The Fifth Wave, The Butler, Mental, Repo Man, Taking Woodstock, X-Men, Defiance, Kate & Leopold, Hamlet, Sphere
• John Slattery – Antman, Mad Men, Reservation Road, Mona Lisa’s Smile, Station Agent
• Stanley Tucci – The Children’s Act, The Hunger Games, Fortitude, Jack the Giant Slayer, Swing Vote, Road to Perdition, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Life Less Ordinary, Life During Wartime, The Pelican Brief, Billy Bathgate
• James Sheridan – Sully, Cradle Will Rock, The Ice Storm, Stanley and Iris
• Billy Crudup – Public Enemies, Big Fish, Almost Famous
• Why? Sounded good.
• Seen: 14 May 2023 

An investigative team for The Boston Globe called Spotlight are delving deeply into allegations against Catholic priests of sexual abuse of children.

True story. You might remember it.

The film moves quickly, presenting one complication after another as the church fights back and newspaper bosses are sceptical to the story.

I don’t usually like newspaper scandal scoops but this one has excellent actors and I really really don’t like organised religion so this one has great merit.

 

4 * of 5