✕ ✕
Turning tips into memories
Login
Signup

You have reached the limit of free articles.


To enjoy unlimited access to Culture Whisper sign up for FREE.
Find out more about Culture Whisper

Please fix the following input errors:

  • dummy

Each week, we send newsletters and communication featuring articles, our latest tickets invitations, and exclusive offers.

Occasional information about discounts, special offers and promotions.


OR
LOG IN

OR
  • LOG IN WITH FACEBOOK

Thanks for signing up to Culture Whisper.
Please check your inbox for a confirmation email and click the link to verify your account.



EXPLORE CULTURE WHISPER
✕ ✕
Turning tips into memories
Login
Signup

Please fix the following input errors:

  • dummy
Forgot your username or password?
Don't have an account? Sign Up

OR
  • LOG IN WITH FACEBOOK

If you click «Log in with Facebook» and are not a Culture Whisper user, you agree to our Terms & Conditions and to our Privacy Policy, which includes our Cookie Use

Support Us Login
  • Home
  • Going Out
    • Things to do
    • Food & Drink
    • Theatre
    • Visual Arts
    • Cinema
    • Kids
    • Festival
    • Gigs
    • Dance
    • Classical Music
    • Opera
    • Immersive
    • Talks
  • Staying In
    • TV
    • Books
    • Cook
    • Podcast
    • Design
    • Netflix
  • Life & Style
    • Beauty
    • Fashion
    • Gifting
    • Wellbeing
    • Lifestyle
    • Shopping
    • Jewellery
  • Explore
  • Shopping
  • CW SHOPS
  • Support Us
  • Get Started
  • Tickets
  • CW SHOPS
Get the Best of London Life, Culture and Style
By entering my email I agree to the CultureWhisper Privacy Policy (we won`t share data & you can unsubscribe anytime).
Cinema

Spotlight movie review ★★★★★ "Lets the scandal speak for itself"

29 Jan 16 – 31 Mar 16, 12:00 PM – 12:00 AM

New American movie Spotlight tells of the Massachusetts Catholic sex abuse scandal, and stars Mark Ruffalo and Rachel McAdams

By CW Contributor on 27/1/2016

1 CW reader is interested
Spotlight Movie Review
Spotlight Movie Review
Spotlight movie review "Lets the scandal speak for itself" 5 Spotlight movie review "Lets the scandal speak for itself" Mollie Wintle
"You want to sue the Catholic Church?" is the incredulous mantra uttered during Spotlight's opening scene. It goes some way to reflect the shock of the scandal that flooded Boston’s newspapers in late 2001 – a revelation that racked the foundations of an entire institution.


When a team of journalists discovered the systemic sexual abuse within the Catholic Church, the story gained them a Pulitzer Prize. New movie Spotlight tells their story, in a gripping investigative drama that never resorts to sensationalist tactics. With a low boiling intensity, it builds a picture of just how many were complicit in the cover-up, from the Archdiocese to the whole city.




Director Tom McCarthy draws us into the newsroom with focused intelligence and a real sense of urgency. A convincing cast aids him. Michael Keaton leads Spotlight’s investigative team, which includes Rachel McAdams and Oscar-nominated Mark Ruffalo. A brilliantly understated Liev Schreiber plays the Globe’s new editor-in-chief, the first to dare to challenge the Church’s authority. We follow their teamwork and conflicts as the scandal steadily mushrooms.


Spotlight is aware of its own moral weight. Real testimonies frankly acknowledge the damage caused. The film dares to lament not only the victims’ loss of innocence, but also the loss of faith for many Bostonians in such a religious society. As each character grapples with a sense of personal responsibility in the face of mass denial, Spotlight turns its eye inward upon this phenomenon, posing complex questions about the real perpetrators of the scandal.


With such an inquiring mind and its understated, believable performances, Spotlight is superb. In letting the scandal speak for itself, it is a triumph.


oscar nominees: who should win?

by India Halstead

What Spotlight movie review "Lets the scandal speak for itself"
Where Various Locations | MAP
Nearest tube Leicester Square (underground)
When 29 Jan 16 – 31 Mar 16, 12:00 PM – 12:00 AM
Price £ determined by cinema
Website Click here to go to the film's IMDB page



Most popular

Best London Exhibition to see now
Top exhibitions on now in London
Things to do in London this weekend: 9–11 June
Things to do in London this weekend: 9–11 June
Irene Maiorino and Alba Rohrwacher in My Brilliant Friend season 4, HBO/Sky Atlantic (Photo: HBO)
My Brilliant Friend, season 4, Sky Atlantic: first-look photo, release date, plot, cast

Don't miss:


  • 1. BAFTA Nominations 2016: Who we'd like to win

    Culture Whisper's highlights at this year's BFI London Film Festival

    2. WORLD CINEMA

    The best foreign films 2015 has seen so far

    3. UNIQUE CINEMAS IN LONDON

    Our top places to watch arthouse and independent cinema

    4. JAMES DEAN BIOPIC

    Robert Pattinson stars as the Hollywood hearthrob's shutterbug

    5. THE MARTIAN

    Ridley Scott's new blockbuster is causing a galactic stir


Sign up to CW’s newsletter
By entering my email I agree to the CultureWhisper Privacy Policy (we won`t share data & you can unsubscribe anytime).
1

Drama

History

Mark Ruffalo

Rachel McAdams

Massachusettes

Michael Keaton

You might like

  • Youth film still, Michael Caine, Harvey Keitl

    Follow up to The Great Beauty: Youth film review ★★★★★ "entertains, but lacks warmth"

  • Truth

    'Truth' film review ★★★★★

  • Innocence of Memories, film still

    Innocence of Memories film review ★★★★★

  • Will Smith, Concussion film still

    Concussion | Will Smith, Gugu Mbatha-Raw



  • The Culture Whisper team
  • Support Us
  • Tickets
  • Contact us
  • Press
  • FAQ
  • Privacy
  • Terms and conditions
  • Cookies
  • Discover
  • Venues
  • Restaurants
  • Stations
  • Boroughs
Sign up to CW’s newsletter
By entering my email I agree to the CultureWhisper Privacy Policy (we won`t share data & you can unsubscribe anytime).
×