Spotlight - Reviews

Exceptional, as always, with his actors, McCarthy has made a true ensemble drama, with nary a bum note in the sprawling cast.

...with all its pain and urgency, is a pure celebration of journalists doing what they do best.

...its tone is led by its characters, moving from scepticism to revelation and the uncomfortable sense that we should all feel guilty for ignoring the secrets too hard to acknowledge.

...the cast powerfully convey the journalists’ horror at realising the abuse stretches back decades...

...utterly engrossing from start to finish.

...its tone is led by its characters, moving from scepticism to revelation and the uncomfortable sense that we should all feel guilty for ignoring the secrets too hard to acknowledge.

...the cast powerfully convey the journalists’ horror at realising the abuse stretches back decades...

Spotlight is a journalismprocedural thriller in which the thrills and procedure are one and thesame thing.

...with all its pain and urgency, is a pure celebration of journalists doing what they do best.

Exceptional, as always, with his actors, McCarthy has made a true ensemble drama, with nary a bum note in the sprawling cast.

Spotlight is a journalismprocedural thriller in which the thrills and procedure are one and thesame thing.

Tom McCarthy delivers an old-school journalistic thriller with the help of a sensational all-star cast.

...a great newspaper movie, ranking up there with 'All the President’s Men' and 'Citizen Kane'...