Spotlight

Read between the lies.

During 2015 the vibe around this film was that it would the one to beat at the Academy Awards. As it turned out, The Revenant took that honour, but that does not diminish the quality presented here. Spotlight tells the riveting true story of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe investigation that would rock the city and cause a crisis in one of the world's oldest and most trusted institutions. When the newspaper’s tenacious ''Spotlight'' team of reporters delve 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.

129 minutes.
Parental Guidance 10-12 (Language).
Biographical, Drama, Period piece, Religious, Thriller, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

I wonder how much they will pay us to bury this story ...

Credits

Cast	Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keeton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Brian d'Arcy James, Stanley Tucci
Director	Tom McCarthy
Screenplay	Josh Singer, Tom McCarthy
Music	Howard Shore
Cinematography	Masanobu Takayanagi
Editing	Tom McArdle
Sound formats	Dolby Digital
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2015
Produced by	Anonymous Content, First Look Media, Participant Media, Rocklin / Faust

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Drama
Language	Mild to moderate
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	None
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

PG: Parental Guidance Suggested	Rated R for some language including sexual references
Runtime	128
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 15 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Lara de Matos When only brilliant journalists can deliver us from evil.	15
Die Burger Laetitia Pople Gejaag na waarheid oor dié priesters boei.	15
Cape Times Todd McCarthy In the 'Spotlight'.	10
ScreenIt Jim Judy Spotlight is pretty terrific.	15
Metacritic.com 45 critics	19
Rottentomatoes critics 240 critics	18
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Spotlight gracefully handles the lurid details of its fact-based story while resisting the temptation to lionize its heroes, resulting in a drama that honors the audience as well as its real-life subjects.	19
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	18
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Powerful, intense film about Boston church abuse scandal.	15
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 298 users	16
Rottentomatoes users 43199 users	18
Internet 43212 Netizens Spotlight is the Best Film of 2015	16
Average .. 81%	16