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Spotlight

7.8/ 10

TMDB Rating

8,721

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2015

Release Year

129 min

Runtime

Drama
History

Overview

The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.

Keywords

pedophilia
florida
newspaper
journalist
child abuse
court
judge
boston, massachusetts
journalism
sex scandal
victim
based on true story
cover-up
priest
conspiracy
lawyer
historical fiction
biting
catholic
roman catholic church
lgbt
catholicism
9/11
child molestation
archdiocese
investigative journalism
cardinal
serious
understated
tense
powerful
tragic

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Reviews(5)

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Reno

Reno

@Rangan

February 24, 2016

8
8/10

> Uncovering the sins committed by whom the millions of people believe in. A documentary film would show the real faces of those offenders to shame them. That's the reason I desperately wanted it to be a documentary, then I would have definitely given a maximum mark. There's no complaint about th

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Andres Gomez

@tanty

April 11, 2016

7
7/10

Spotlight story is interesting and has a good cast which performs very well, but the feeling of the story is flat. First, they are talking about abuses to children but you feel almost the whole time that they are following the lead of any other story almost as bureaucrats. There is not much of se

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mattwilde123

mattwilde123

March 9, 2017

8
8/10

This was a very shocking and well made film. It is about the scandal involving a cover-up of Catholic priests molesting children in the Boston area. I was surprised with the delicate nature of the film's script and how well it was handled. It had a very solid ensemble cast which helped make the film

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Nutshell

Nutshell

@nutshell

August 10, 2019

8
8/10

A true account of the Boston Globe's investigative reporting on the vatican's approval of sexual predator priests over many decades. Disturbing to say the least. Excellent performances from Mark Ruffalo and Michael Keaton. It's easy for movies like this to get bogged down in the details but the paci

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tmdb40011370

December 8, 2019

9
9/10

A friend recommended this film to me. I was reluctant because I am no big fan of Micheal Keaton. But I watched it anyway purely because of the disturbing subject matter. Clearly this cover-up resonates throughout the US a great deal, but living in England for most of my life I don't think the sh

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