Tom McCarthy's 'Spotlight' portrays the Boston Globe's investigative articles on the Catholic Church's cover-up of pedophile abuse by a significant percentage of its priests in the Boston area.
The movie wastes no time in it's 2 hours and 9 minutes with on-the-edge-of-your-seat pacing. Every interaction is meaningful, every character believable, as layer after layer of the Catholic churches systemic cover-up is unfolded.
Spotlight is the best newspaper movie ever produced, and #5 on my All-Time Greatest Films list - IT'S THAT GOOD!
But the underlying relationships of the "Spotlight" investigative team that thrives as a proxy family is the element that makes this movie so appealing.
Idealic respect shared between the characters and the professional bond that the diverse personalities have for each other is laid out by McCarthy over the course of the movie. Like close siblings whose love and common bond allow for overlooking each others idiosyncrasies and grow stronger under duress, the characters navigate the religious, social, community, political and legal challenges of bringing such an impacting story to press.
'Spotlight' is flawless in execution. Every facet (writing, casting, acting, direction, cinematography, and editing), mixes together to yield 2015's Best Picture, and resides with 'There Will Be Blood' at the top of my list of best films since 2000, Ranks #5 All-Time, and is the ONLY film to ever make my "Top 100 Greatest Films of All Time" in its first year of release (moved up into Top 25 the next year and just became eligible (min. 5 years from release date) for my Top 5 List> 1) The Godfather 2) Lawrence of Arabia 3) The Shawshank Redemption 4) There Will Be Blood 5) Spotlight
Starring:
Michael Keaton Mark Ruffalo Rachel McAdams Liev Schreiber John Slattery Brian d'Arcy James Stanley Tucci
71 Awards:
2015 Awards include: Academy Awards for Best Picture and Original Screenplay (out of 6 total Oscar nominations); Critic's Choice Awards for Best Picture, Original Screenplay, and Best Acting Ensemble; SAG Award for Outstanding Cast/Ensemble.
Gross Sales/Theatre Attendance:
Distributed/opened in November, 2015 primarily through "Art Movie" houses, and in a blockbuster year that included Stars Wars, 007, and Jurassic franchise films, Spotlight barely cracked the top 100 domestically In 2015.
Since 2015, however, its rental/pay-for-view and at-large streaming numbers have done quite well, with a 300% increase in gross revenue via both positive word of mouth testimonials and critics' praises, making the film financially relevant.
'Spotlight' continues to return profits to it's investors, and gives evidence that great films are in high demand by audiences, can succeed financially, and make excellent investments for the movie industry at large.
The movie wastes no time in it's 2 hours and 9 minutes with on-the-edge-of-your-seat pacing. Every interaction is meaningful, every character believable, as layer after layer of the Catholic churches systemic cover-up is unfolded.
Spotlight is the best newspaper movie ever produced, and #5 on my All-Time Greatest Films list - IT'S THAT GOOD!
But the underlying relationships of the "Spotlight" investigative team that thrives as a proxy family is the element that makes this movie so appealing.
Idealic respect shared between the characters and the professional bond that the diverse personalities have for each other is laid out by McCarthy over the course of the movie. Like close siblings whose love and common bond allow for overlooking each others idiosyncrasies and grow stronger under duress, the characters navigate the religious, social, community, political and legal challenges of bringing such an impacting story to press.
'Spotlight' is flawless in execution. Every facet (writing, casting, acting, direction, cinematography, and editing), mixes together to yield 2015's Best Picture, and resides with 'There Will Be Blood' at the top of my list of best films since 2000, Ranks #5 All-Time, and is the ONLY film to ever make my "Top 100 Greatest Films of All Time" in its first year of release (moved up into Top 25 the next year and just became eligible (min. 5 years from release date) for my Top 5 List> 1) The Godfather 2) Lawrence of Arabia 3) The Shawshank Redemption 4) There Will Be Blood 5) Spotlight
Starring:
Michael Keaton Mark Ruffalo Rachel McAdams Liev Schreiber John Slattery Brian d'Arcy James Stanley Tucci
71 Awards:
2015 Awards include: Academy Awards for Best Picture and Original Screenplay (out of 6 total Oscar nominations); Critic's Choice Awards for Best Picture, Original Screenplay, and Best Acting Ensemble; SAG Award for Outstanding Cast/Ensemble.
Gross Sales/Theatre Attendance:
Distributed/opened in November, 2015 primarily through "Art Movie" houses, and in a blockbuster year that included Stars Wars, 007, and Jurassic franchise films, Spotlight barely cracked the top 100 domestically In 2015.
Since 2015, however, its rental/pay-for-view and at-large streaming numbers have done quite well, with a 300% increase in gross revenue via both positive word of mouth testimonials and critics' praises, making the film financially relevant.
'Spotlight' continues to return profits to it's investors, and gives evidence that great films are in high demand by audiences, can succeed financially, and make excellent investments for the movie industry at large.