Spotlight

20152015
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2h 9min

Michael Keaton, Liev Schreiber, Brian d'Arcy James, Mark Ruffalo, and Rachel McAdams in Spotlight (2015)

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

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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.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.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.

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Top rated movie #224

Won 2 Oscars
- 124 wins & 143 nominations total

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Michael Keaton and Mark Ruffalo in Spotlight (2015)

Michael Keaton, Liev Schreiber, Brian d'Arcy James, Mark Ruffalo, John Slattery, and Rachel McAdams in Spotlight (2015)

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When the Boston Globe's tenacious "Spotlight" team of reporters delves into allegations of abuse in the Catholic Church, their year-long investigation uncovers a decades-long cover-up at the highest levels of Boston's religious, legal, and government establishment, touching off a wave of revelations around the world. —Open Road

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Taglines
- Break the story. Break the silence.
Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for some language including sexual references
Parents guide

Trivia
In the baseball game scene, the real Michael Rezendes, Sacha Pfeiffer, and Walter Robinson can be seen in the background.

Goofs
Garabedian's law office has shelved copies of the Dominion Law Reports, a Canadian series. Several other law books display the CLB logo of Canada Law Book, evidence that scenes were shot in Toronto.

Quotes
Marty Baron: Sometimes it's easy to forget that we spend most of our time stumbling around the dark. Suddenly, a light gets turned on and there's a fair share of blame to go around. I can't speak to what happened before I arrived, but all of you have done some very good reporting here. Reporting that I believe is going to have an immediate and considerable impact on our readers. For me, this kind of story is why we do this.

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Written by Dick Walter
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Top review

10/10

I Remembered Why I love Movies

Throughout the year I watched many movies and by the middle of the year I was finding it hard to watch a movie. I really had to force my self. I thought my love for movies is dying and I'm more of a TV person now.

I was wrong.

This movie (and the big short) proved to me that it wasn't me, it was actually the movies I've seen this year.

This movie has it's flaws for sure. But the acting, script, direction, design and pace of the movie adds a lot to an already strong and heart breaking story. I was on the edge of my seat and even after the movie ended I couldn't move for a while.

A well made film that I recommend to any drama fan. It certainly helped me find my love for movies again.

Even with it's flaws I give it a 9.5

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Budget
- $20,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $45,055,776
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $295,009
- Nov 8, 2015
Gross worldwide
- $98,690,254

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Runtime
- 2h 9min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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