Spotlight

2015 • 129 minutes
4.3
273 reviews
97%
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About this movie

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 establishments, setting off a wave of revelations around the world. Directed by Academy Award® nominee Tom McCarthy (Best Original Screenplay, Up, 2009), Spotlight is a tense investigative thriller, tracing the steps to one of the biggest crime stories in modern times. CBFC A DFL/3/9/2016-MUM

Ratings and reviews

4.3
273 reviews
Jyothsna Nc
April 25, 2017
One of my all time favourites... Screenplay, bgm, actors, storyline every thing about this movie is wonderfull... it literally is an eye opener too.... Worth a watch in all aspects
Praveen George
September 2, 2016
Story of Boston newspaper investigative reporters working to uncover systematic cover up of decades long abuses by priests within church establishment . Very interesting narration and fast paced screen play makes it a great documentary-movie.
199 people found this review helpful
Simarpreet Singh
October 30, 2016
Most of the cast was unknown to me, but all of them acted quite well.
17 people found this review helpful