Spotlight (2015)

Saw on Neflix 07/2016 (also saw in theater in 2015)

When this film was released in 2015, I viewed it at a theater. It seems wrong to say that this movie entertained me, but I never lost interest during its entire length. However, even upon this second viewing I was unable to stop watching. Spotlight is the name of an investigative unit at a Boston newspaper called, The Boston Globe. The movie details one very far-reaching investigative story. This story is chilling, devastating and yet amazing.  Somehow seeing this film on the small screen magnified its effect.  The dialogue is smart, brief with no extraneous words inserted.  Cinematography, editing and soundtrack cooperated seamlessly without taking the viewer out of the film.  The ensemble acting of the cast is at the highest level.  I would even say that this movie should be part of a film school curriculum. Due to the story content and some language, its R rating is earned.  However, also due to its story content I would recommend this movie to children as young as twelve or thirteen, assuming an adult was in the room and accessible for the entire movie. This is a movie not to be missed. The heroes in this movie did their job without capes, masks or superpowers which I feel made them even more compelling and watchable.