Spotlight
(2015)
Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay (Josh Singer, Tom McCarthy)Award nominations: Academy Award for Best Director (Tom McCarthy)
Academy Award for Best Film Editing (Tom McArdle)
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Mark Ruffalo)
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Rachel McAdams)
Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay (Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer)
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama SeriesAward details: (details at IMDb)
Below are links to reviews and further info from selected film sites. Links surrounded by a solid border lead directly to a page about this movie on that site. Links surrounded by a dashed border lead to a Google search for this exact movie title on that site. You may find it more efficient to open these links in separate browser tabs. Click Show More / All / Default to see more available links or return to the standard default selection. More (or fewer) choices of links can be selected via Options, and you can save your personal defaults (requires login).
In 2001, editor Marty Baron of The Boston Globe assigns a team of journalists to investigate allegations against John Geoghan, an unfrocked priest accused of molesting more than 80 boys. Led by editor Walter "Robby" Robinson, reporters Michael Rezendes, Matt Carroll and Sacha Pfeiffer interview victims and try to unseal sensitive documents. The reporters make it their mission to provide proof of a cover-up of sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church.