Spotlight (2015)

Directed by: Tom McCarthy

Written by: Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy

Starring: Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, & Rachel McAdams

Have you ever seen the film Doubt?  It's a fantastic film if you haven't seen it.  But it has the same premise as this film, except that this film is more political than it is personal.

Spotlight revolves around the controversial rumor that priests from various Catholic churches around the world have molested children throughout the years.  In this particular film, they focus on the priests in Boston after the new editor-in-chief, Marty Baron (Liev Schreiber), takes over for The Boston Globe.  

The film starts off pretty quickly and gets to the point of what it is all about.  You get to see how they develop a case around the priests and how the church has been involved with this horrific news.  With this great cast, you can see that they are deeply invested within this story and where it takes them.  It begins affecting their personal lives and you can see it too.  

Despite this being a great film, it didn't make me feel anything.  Everything was great about it, don't get me wrong, but I didn't cry nor laugh really.  It was shocking, but I think it was shocking more to religious people as well as an older audience.  Despite needing to feel something in order to give it 5 popcorns, it was too good not to give 5 popcorns to.  You could feel in the theater that people were disgusted and disturbed by this information as well as the end statistics.  

I recommend this film for everyone, but be wary that if you are religiously Catholic, you may have a change of heart at the end of the film.  5 popcorns.