Film Review | Spotlight (2015)
Tom McCarthy’s biographical drama emphasizes the superb investigative journalism done by The Boston Globe to uncover sexual abuse within the Catholic Church.
I recently revisited Tom McCarthy’s “Spotlight” for the first time in roughly five years. The film certainly has not lost its impact, in fact I felt it was more powerful this time around. This story serves to remind us of the very real horrors that many young children, often boys, endured at the hands of men that were entrusted with the task of protecting and guiding them. Unfortunately, abuses carried out by church clergy still occur to this day, although less frequently.
When Marty Baron (Liev Schreiber) takes over as the new managing editor at The Boston Globe, he meets with Walter “Robby” Robinson (Michael Keaton) to discuss the role of the “Spotlight” team. After checking in on their recent work, Marty encourages Spotlight to dig deeper into a case involving sexual abuse within the Catholic Church. Pursuing this case would require the Globe to sue the Church, and many of the people surrounding Marty see the task as futile. Nevertheless, Spotlight moves forward with the story and seeks out more evidence.
