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A fact-based story on\u00a0how Boston Globe journalists unburied\u00a0the city’s hidden child abuse\u00a0by Catholic priests.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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The big winner at the Screen Actors Guild Awards last weekend, Spotlight has opened to much excitement in the UK. And rightly so, as Tom McCarthy\u2019s low-key retelling of the Pulitzer Prize- winning Boston Globe investigation could well be touted as one of the best newspaper movies of its era.<\/p>\n

Spotlight shows how, in 2002, a group of journalists at\u00a0The Boston Globe\u00a0<\/a>revealed hundreds of children had been abused by Catholic priests in the Boston area. For a scandal of such compelling magnitude, the writers sure did not need to sensationalize the story. The movie adopts an honest, true-to-life approach devoid of any obscenity, with minimal screen-time for the clergy.<\/p>\n

Authored by Josh Singer (The Fifth Estate) and director Tom McCarthy, this procedural investigative thriller runs over two hours, and is solely written around the not-so-glamorous journalistic spadework. It makes even the clich\u00e9d printing press scene emotionally charged \u2013 and that is credit to Tom McCarthy and his stellar cast.<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t have any action scenes here except, perhaps, for Michael Rezendes, played by the excellent Mark Ruffalo, bustling between courtrooms and newsrooms. Rezendes describes Boston as \u201cthe biggest small town\u201d in America where \u201ceverybody seems to know everyone\u201d. The film deeply probes the collective ability of the community to stand together against something wrong.<\/p>\n

When Walter (Michael Keaton) efficiently struggles with the past and present and Matt (Brian d\u2019Arcy James) quietly deals with sleeplessness and paranoia, it is Stanley Tucci\u2019s tired but determined lawyer Garabedian who stays with you.<\/p>\n

Boston here is brought to life by a set of actors whose collective brilliance could walk the SAG awards every year.\u00a0With a tightly written script, exceptionally brilliant acting and a fitting soundtrack by the excellent\u00a0Howard Shore<\/a>, Tom McCarthy\u2019s Spotlight is a serious contender at the Oscars this year and reminds us of the vital institution of print journalism and its importance in the society.<\/p>\n

Towards the end of the film when Pfeiffer and Carroll come into the office on the day of publishing, there\u2019s a brief exchange between them. Carroll discloses that off late, he\u2019s been writing fiction to keep his mind off things. On what, asks Pfeiffer. \u201cHorror,\u201d Carroll smirks, and the two share a dry laugh. And before the final credits roll, we are bid farewell with a list of dozens of American cities similarly affected by clerical abuse and then a worldwide list – leaving us in his shoes to deal with the horrors.<\/p>\n

Rating: 4\/5<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Five must see\u00a0movies on journalism:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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