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Spotlightisa2015Americanbiographicalcrimedrama
filmdirectedbyTomMcCarthyandwrittenby
McCarthyandJoshSinger.[4][5]ThefilmfollowsThe
BostonGlobe's"Spotlight"team,theoldest
continuouslyoperatingnewspaperinvestigative
journalistunitintheUnitedStates,[6]andits
investigationintocasesofwidespreadandsystemic
childsexabuseintheBostonareabynumerousRoman
Catholicpriests.Itisbasedonaseriesofstoriesbythe
actualSpotlightTeamthatearnedTheGlobethe2003
PulitzerPrizeforPublicService.[7]ThefilmstarsMark
Ruffalo,MichaelKeaton,RachelMcAdams,John
Slattery,StanleyTucci,Briand'ArcyJames,Liev
Schreiber,andBillyCrudup.[8]
SpotlightwasshownintheOutofCompetitionsection
ofthe72ndVeniceInternationalFilmFestival.[9]Itwas
alsoshownattheTellurideFilmFestivalandthe
SpecialPresentationssectionofthe2015Toronto
InternationalFilmFestival.[10]Thefilmwasreleasedon
November6,2015,byOpenRoadFilms.Itwon
numerousguildsandcritics'associationawards,and
wasnamedoneofthefinestfilmsof2015byvarious
publications.Thefilmreceivedatotalofsix
nominationsatthe88thAcademyAwards,winningtwo
forBestPictureandBestOriginalScreenplay.Itisthe
firstfilmsince1952'sTheGreatestShowonEarthto
winBestPictureandonlyoneotherAcademy
Award.[11]

Spotlight

Theatricalreleaseposter

Directedby
Producedby

BlyePagonFaust
SteveGolin
NicoleRocklin
MichaelSugar

Writtenby

TomMcCarthy
JoshSinger

Starring

MarkRuffalo
MichaelKeaton
RachelMcAdams
LievSchreiber
JohnSlattery
StanleyTucci

Contents
Musicby

1 Plot
2 Cast
2.1 TheSpotlightTeam

Editedby
Production
companies

Distributedby

3 Production

HowardShore

Cinematography MasanobuTakayanagi

2.2 Additionalcharacters
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TomMcCarthy

TomMcArdle
AnonymousContent
FirstLookMedia
ParticipantMedia
Rocklin/Faust
OpenRoadFilms
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3 Production

Releasedates

(Venice)

3.1 Development
3.2 Filming
4 Release
5 Reception
5.1 Boxoffice

September3,2015
November6,2015
(UnitedStates)

Runningtime

129minutes[1]

Country

UnitedStates

Language

English

Budget

$20million[2]

Boxoffice

$63.4million[3]

5.2 Criticalresponse
5.3 ReactionsfromtheCatholicChurch
5.4 Criticism
5.4.1 Controversyoverportrayal
ofJackDunn
6 Accolades
7 Seealso
8 References
9 Externallinks

Plot
In2001,TheBostonGlobehiresaneweditor,MartyBaron.BaronmeetsWalter"Robby"Robinson,the
editoroftheSpotlightteam,asmallgroupofjournalistswritinginvestigativearticlesthattakemonthsto
researchandpublish.AfterBaronreadsaGlobecolumnaboutalawyer,MitchellGarabedian,whosays
thatCardinalLaw(theArchbishopofBoston)knewthatthepriestJohnGeoghanwassexuallyabusing
childrenanddidnothingtostophim,heurgestheSpotlightteamtoinvestigate.JournalistMichael
RezendescontactsGarabedian,whoinitiallydeclinesinterview.Thoughheistoldnotto,Rezendesreveals
thatheisontheSpotlightteam,persuadingGarabediantotalk.
Initiallybelievingthattheyarefollowingthestoryofonepriestwhowasmovedaroundseveraltimes,the
SpotlightteambegintouncoverapatternofsexualabuseofchildrenbyCatholicpriestsinMassachusetts,
andanongoingcoverupbytheBostonArchdiocese.Throughamanwhoheadsavictim'srights
organization,theywidentheirsearchtothirteenpriests.Theylearnthroughanexpriestwhoworkedat
tryingtorehabilitatepaedophileprieststhatthereshouldbeapproximatelyninetyabusivepriestsinBoston
(sixpercentofpriests).Throughtheirresearch,theydevelopalistofeightysevennames,andbegintofind
theirvictimstobackuptheirsuspicions.WhentheSeptember11attacksoccur,theteamisforcedto
deprioritizethestory.TheyregainmomentumwhenRezendeslearnsfromGarabedianthatthereare
publiclyavailabledocumentsthatconfirmCardinalLawwasawareoftheproblemandignoredit.Although
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Rezendesarguesvociferouslytorunthestoryimmediatelybeforemorevictimssufferandrivalnewspapers
publish,RobinsonremainssteadfasttoresearchfurthersothewholesystemthatLawservesinthisscandal
canbeexposed.AfterTheBostonGlobewinsacasetohaveevenmorelegaldocumentsunsealed,the
Spotlightteamfinallybeginstowritethestory,andplantopublishtheirfindingsinearly2002.
Astheyareabouttogotoprint,Robinsonconfessestotheteamthathewassentalistoftwentypedophile
priestsin1993inastoryheneverfollowedupon.Baron,nevertheless,tellsRobinsonandtheteamthatthe
worktheyaredoingisimportant.Thestorygoestoprintwithalinkleadingtothedocumentsthatexpose
CardinalLaw,andaphonenumberrequestingvictimsofpedophileprieststocomeforward.Thefollowing
morning,theSpotlightteamisinundatedwithphonecallsfromvictimscomingforwardtotelltheirstories.
ThefilmcloseswithalistofplacesintheUnitedStatesandaroundtheworldwheretheCatholicChurch
hasbeeninvolvedinconcealingabusebypriests.

Cast
TheSpotlightTeam
MarkRuffaloasMichaelRezendes[12][13]
MichaelKeatonasWalter"Robby"Robinson[14]
RachelMcAdamsasSachaPfeiffer[12]
LievSchreiberasMartyBaron[14]
JohnSlatteryasBenBradleeJr.[5]
Briand'ArcyJamesasMattCarroll[15]

Additionalcharacters
StanleyTucciasMitchellGarabedian,attorney[14]
GeneAmorosoasStephenKurkjian,BostonGlobegeneralinvestigativereporter[16]
JameySheridanasJimSullivan,anattorneyrepresentingtheChurch[5][17]
BillyCrudupasEricMacLeish,anattorney[14][17]
MaureenKeillerasEileenMcNamara,BostonGlobecolumnist[18]
RichardJenkinsasRichardSipe,psychotherapist(telephonevoice,uncredited)
PaulGuilfoyleasPeterConley
LenCariouasCardinalBernardLaw
NealHuffasPhilSavianoofSNAP
MichaelCyrilCreightonasJoeCrowley
LaurieHeinemanasJudgeConstanceSweeney
TimProgoshasPrincipalBillKemeza

Production
Development

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McCarthyandSingercompletedthescriptinJune2013.[19]Itwaslistedonthe2013BlackListof
unproducedscreenplays.[20]SingertoldCreativeScreenwritingthatoneofhisgoalsforthefilmwasto
highlightthepowerofjournalism,whichhefeelshasbeenwaning.Heexplained,"Thisstoryisntabout
exposingtheCatholicChurch.Wewerenotonsomemissiontorattlepeoplesfaith.Infact,Tomcame
fromaCatholicfamily.Themotivewastotellthestoryaccuratelywhileshowingthepowerofthe
newsroomsomethingthatslargelydisappearedtoday.Thisstoryisimportant.Journalismisimportant,
andthereisadeepermessageinthestory."[21]

Filming
PrincipalphotographybeganonSeptember24,2014,inBoston,Massachusetts,[22]andcontinuedin
OctoberinHamilton,Ontario.FilmingtookplaceatFenwayPark,[23]TheBostonGlobeofficesin
Dorchester,Boston,[18]theBostonPublicLibrary,[24]andMcMasterUniversityinHamilton,Ontario.[25]
Thefilm'seditorTomMcArdlesaidofthepostproductionprocess"Weeditedforeightmonths.Wejust
wantedtokeeprefiningthefilm.Wecutoutfivescenesplussomesegmentsofotherscenes.Oftenwe
wouldjustcutoutalineortwotomakeascenealittletighter."[26]

Release
Thefilm"premieredtosustainedapplause"attheVeniceFilmFestivalandtheaudience"eruptedin
laughter"whenthefilmreportedthatfollowingtheeventsinthefilmCardinalBernardLawwasreassigned
toaseniorpositionofhonorinRome.[9]IthadalimitedreleaseonNovember6,2015,withitsnationwide
releasescheduledforthreeweekslateronNovember25.[27]

Reception
Boxoffice
AsofFebruary29,2016,Spotlighthasgrossed$39.3millioninNorthAmericaand$24.1millioninother
territoriesforaworldwidetotalof$63.4million,againstabudgetof$20million.[3]
Intheopeningweekendofitslimitedrelease,thefilmgrossed$295,009fromfivetheaters($59,002
average),oneofthehighestperscreenaveragesofanyreleaseof2015.[28]Thefilmgrossed$4.4millionin
thefirstweekendduringitswiderelease,finishing8thattheboxoffice.[29]

Criticalresponse
Spotlightreceivedwidespreadacclaim.OnthereviewaggregatorRottenTomatoesthefilmholdsarating
of96%,basedon260reviews,withanaverageratingof8.9/10.Thesite'scriticalconsensusreads,
"Spotlightgracefullyhandlestheluriddetailsofitsfactbasedstorywhileresistingthetemptationtolionize
itsheroes,resultinginadramathathonorstheaudienceaswellasitsreallifesubjects."[30]OnMetacritic,
thefilmhasascoreof93outof100,basedon45critics,indicating"universalacclaim."[31]

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Variety'sJustinChangcalledthefilm"asuperblycontrolledandengrossinglydetailedaccountofthe
BostonGlobe'sPulitzerPrizewinninginvestigationintothewidespreadpedophiliascandalsand
subsequentcoverupswithintheCatholicChurch".[32]
Atthe2015TorontoInternationalFilmFestival,Spotlightfinishedthirdintheaudienceballotingforthe
People'sChoiceAward.[33]

ReactionsfromtheCatholicChurch
TheNovember9,2015,reviewpublishedbytheCatholicNewsServicecalledthefilma"generally
accuratechronicle"oftheBostonscandal,butobjectedtosomeoftheportrayalsandthefilm'sviewofthe
Church.[34]InFebruary2016,aVaticanCitycommissiononclericalsexabuseattendedaprivatescreening
ofthefilm.[35]VaticanRadio,officialradioserviceoftheHolySee,calledit"honest"and"compelling"and
saidithelpedtheU.S.CatholicChurch"toacceptfullythesin,toadmititpublicly,andtopayallthe
consequences."[36]LucaPellegriniontheVaticanRadiowebsitewrotethattheGlobereporters"made
themselvesexamplesoftheirmostpurevocation,thatoffindingthefacts,verifyingsources,andmaking
themselvesforthegoodofthecommunityandofacitypaladinsoftheneedforjustice."[37]Following
thefilm'sBestPicturewinattheOscars,theVaticanRadioandnewspaperassuredthatthemoviewasnot
"antiCatholicfilm"andrevealedthatclericsinRomehavebeenrecommendingthefilmtoeach
other.[38][39]OntheCatholicNewsService,auxiliarybishopofLosAngelesRobertBarronsaidthatitis
"notabadmovie",asitshowsthatthewidercommunitysharestheresponsibilityforsexualabuse
committedbypriests,butthatthefilmiswrongtoinsinuatethattheChurchhasnotreformed.[40]

Criticism
AJanuary8,2016,articleinTheNewYorkTimescitedadetractorofthefilmwhosaidthatSpotlight"isa
misrepresentationofhowtheChurchdealtwithsexualabusecases",assertingthatthemovie'sbiggestflaw
wasitsfailuretoportraypsychologistswhohadassuredChurchofficialsthatabusivepriestscouldbe
safelyreturnedtoministryafterundergoingtherapytreatments.OpenRoadFilmsrebuttedthedetractor,
sayinghewas"perpetuatingamythinordertodistractfromrealstoriesofabuse."[41]
ControversyoverportrayalofJackDunn
ThefilmwasattackedbyJackDunn(playedbyGaryGaloneinthefilm),amemberoftheboardatBoston
CollegeHighSchool,anditspublicrelationshead,forportrayinghimasindifferenttothescandal.After
viewingthefilm,Dunnsayshewasimmediatelyawareoftheissuesinvolvedandworkedtorespond.[42]
TwooftheGlobereportersdepictedinthefilm,WalterRobinsonandSachaPfeiffer,issuedastatementin
responsetoDunn,firmlystandingbytheirrecollectionsoftheday,sayingDunndid"hisbesttoframea
storyinthemostfavorablewaypossiblefortheinstitutionheisrepresenting.ThatswhatJackdidthat
day."TheysaidDunnmounteda"spiritedpublicrelationsdefenseofBostonCollegeHighSchoolduring
ourfirstsitdowninterviewattheschoolinearly2002",thelonesceneinwhichDunnisdepictedinthe
film.[43]

Accolades
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Spotlighthasbeencriticallyacclaimed,andhasbeenincludedinmanycritics'TopTenFilmsof2015
lists.[44]Thefilmhasreceivedover100industryandcriticsawardsandnominations.TheAmericanFilm
InstituteselectedSpotlightasoneoftheTopTenFilmsoftheyear.[45]ThefilmgarneredthreeGolden
GlobeAwardnominationsforBestMotionPictureDrama,BestDirectorforMcCarthy,andBest
ScreenplayforMcCarthyandJoshSinger.[46]ItwasnominatedforfiveIndependentSpiritAwards,
includingBestFeature,BestDirector,BestScreenplayforSinger,BestEditingforTomMcArdleand
HonoraryRobertAltmanAwardforthecast.[47]RachelMcAdamsandtheensemblecastreceived
OutstandingPerformancebyaFemaleActorinaSupportingRoleandOutstandingPerformancebyaCast
inaMotionPicture,respectively.[48]
TheNewYorkFilmCriticsCircleawardedMichaelKeatonBestActoraward,[49]whileitwontheBest
Picture,BestDirector,BestScreenplayandBestEnsemblecastatNewYorkFilmCriticsOnline
Awards.[50]SpotlightwontheBestFilmandBestScreenplayfromLosAngelesFilmCriticsAssociation.It
receivedeightnominationsfromtheBroadcastFilmCriticsAssociation,includingBestFilm,Best
Director,BestSupportingActor,BestSupportingActress,BestScreenplayandBestScore.[51]Itwonthe
BestCastinaMotionPictureatSatelliteAwardsandwasnominatedforsixotherawardsincludingBest
Film,BestDirector,BestSupportingActor,BestSupportingActressandBestOriginalScreenplay.[52]
AttheAcademyAwards,thefilmreceivedsixnominations,includingBestPicture,BestDirector,Best
SupportingActorforRuffalo,BestSupportingActressforMcAdams,BestOriginalScreenplay,andBest
FilmEditing,winningBestPictureandBestOriginalScreenplay.ItisthefirstBestPicturetowinfewer
thanthreeAcademyAwardssinceTheGreatestShowonEarthin1953.At$39.2million,itisthesecond
lowestdomesticallygrossingfilmevertowinBestPicture(TheHurtLocker's$17million).[53]
Spotlightwaslistedonover120critics'andpublications'toptenlists.[44]

Seealso
SurvivorsNetworkofthoseAbusedbyPriests(SNAP)

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