Story Line
The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
“Break the story. Break the silence.”
Top Cast
Mark Ruffalo
Michael Rezendes
Michael Keaton
Walter 'Robby' Robinson
Rachel McAdams
Sacha Pfeiffer
Liev Schreiber
Marty Baron
John Slattery
Ben Bradlee, Jr.
Brian d'Arcy James
Matt Carroll
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Rating
7.8/ 10
Release Date
2015-11-06
Runtime
2h 9m
Genres
DramaHistory
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User Reviews (5)
Reno
8/10
•2/24/2016> Uncovering the sins committed by whom the millions of people believe in.
A documentary film would show the real faces of those offenders to shame them. That's the reason I desperately wanted it to be a documentary, then I would have definitely g...
Andres Gomez
7/10
•4/11/2016Spotlight story is interesting and has a good cast which performs very well, but the feeling of the story is flat.
First, they are talking about abuses to children but you feel almost the whole time that they are following the lead of any other st...
mattwilde123
8/10
•3/9/2017This was a very shocking and well made film. It is about the scandal involving a cover-up of Catholic priests molesting children in the Boston area. I was surprised with the delicate nature of the film's script and how well it was handled. It had a v...
Nutshell
8/10
•8/10/2019A true account of the Boston Globe's investigative reporting on the vatican's approval of sexual predator priests over many decades. Disturbing to say the least. Excellent performances from Mark Ruffalo and Michael Keaton. It's easy for movies like t...