SPOTLIGHT Review
DIG FOR SINCERITY
5 Out Of 5 Stars
GET TO THE POINT BEN!
When the team uncovers the story, they uncover our sincere interest in this one!
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(In a Boston accent) “Park your car at Harvard Yard” and
witness this year’s heavy hitter for the Oscar!
Director Tom McCarthy (Win
Win, The Visitor) ushers us into
the world of journalism to uncover more of the Massachusetts Catholic Sex Abuse
scandal that took was massively brought to life in the early millennium.
The Boston Globe is newly transitioning under the helm of
its new editor in chief Marty Baron (Liev Schrieber). The news room, overseen by Ben Bradlee Jr.
(John Slattery), is not so comfortable with the new transition and has to focus
on what Baron thinks is worthy. While “Robby”
as he’s known (Michael Keaton) heads the famously renown and intricate group
that specializes in the big stories in which the group takes years to research
and prepare, putting such stories in the “spotlight” for all to see. This group consists of Sacha Pfeiffer
(Rachel McAdams), Matt Carroll (Brian d’Arcy James, and the first name on the
ballot: Mike Rezendes (Mark
Ruffalo).
At the request of the new section chief, Spotlight digs a
little in reluctance having to put down what they were currently working on for
over a year in search for new answers in the story of the abuse in the Catholic
Church. This leads to more uncovered
findings, more clues that develop quite an exquisite front page column that
lands on the front step of one’s mind!
Such incredible dialogue as the pieces reveal! McCarthy and fellow writer Josh Singer’s
ability to engage us with the team as they slowly work the case is what I found
most enjoyable. I was most particular to
see the love for connecting the truth with the reader amongst everyone in the Spotlight
team and how they all go about obtaining that truth but in different ways, specifically
with Ruffalo’s character. A true lover
of his craft who took his work to heart as he rode the waves of emotion that it
took him on would justifiably sum him up quite nicely. McCarthy captured the relationships and
objectives of these characters brilliantly as they inched along with new discoveries.
The film digs for the sincerity in us as the team digs for
the truth and reveals that we all carry the compassion to help one
another. The interactions of the
characters make this press terrene that of an amazing spectacle!
“Park your car at
Harvard Yard” and witness this year’s heavy hitter for the Oscar!
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