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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for New York Times (5,786) on 05 Nov 2015

Spotlight is a gripping detective story and a superlative newsroom drama, a solid procedural that tries to confront evil without sensationalism…

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By Dana Stevens (1,435) for Slate (2,081) on 05 Nov 2015

Spotlight provides a wealth of exceptional performances…

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By Tomris Laffly (460) for Movie Mezzanine (782) on 05 Nov 2015

Spotlight is an exceptional slow burn, fueled by a consistently in-sync ensemble of actors pulling their weight on all fronts…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 05 Nov 2015

To turn a spotlight fittingly on Spotlight, it’s the year’s best movie so far, and a rarity among countless dramatizations that claim to…

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 05 Nov 2015

Spotlight doesn't call attention to itself…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 05 Nov 2015

This tight, relatively low-key, step-by-step procedural has a stronger impact than any horror movie…

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By A.a. Dowd (854) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 04 Nov 2015

Like All The President’s Men, it’s a muckraker movie that celebrates the power of the press by actually showing journalists doing their…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 04 Nov 2015

This landmark film takes a clear-eyed look at the digital future and honors the one constant that journalism needs to stay alive and relevant…

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By Chris Nashawaty (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 04 Nov 2015

Tautly directed by Tom McCarthy (The Visitor), the film hums as a tense shoe-leather procedural and a heartbreaking morality play that handles…

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By David Fear (910) for Film Comment Magazine (842) on 04 Nov 2015

What we have before us is a case study on how to do shoe-leather cinema-and smart, A-list American moviemaking-right…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 04 Nov 2015

One of the reasons that Spotlight is so deeply, absurdly satisfying to this newspaper writer — is that Tom McCarthy’s movie doesn’t turn…

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By Lou Lumenick (2,103) for New York Post (6,650) on 04 Nov 2015

Brilliantly acted by the year’s most carefully assembled cast, Spotlight is one of the year’s best films, showing just how hard it is to…

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By Joanna Langfield (398) for The Movie Minute (398) on 03 Nov 2015

While Tom McCarthy's beautifully crafted film about the Boston Globe investigation of the sex abuse in the Church is very much of a time and…

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By Lindsey Bahr (430) for Associated Press (1,685) on 03 Nov 2015

Unlike an ongoing investigation, we know the outcome here already…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 03 Nov 2015

A convincing affirmation of investigative journalism and a ringing condemnation of sexual abuse by Catholic priests…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Village Voice (8,525) on 03 Nov 2015

Spotlight feels both timeless and modern, a dexterously crafted film that could have been made anytime but somehow feels perfect for right now…

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By Anthony Lane (1,079) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 02 Nov 2015

One of its major virtues is what’s not there: no creepy flashbacks of prowling priests, or — as in the prelude to Clint Eastwood’s “Mystic…

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By Jesse Cataldo (136) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 02 Nov 2015

By modeling its structure so closely after All the President's Men, Spotlight only draws closer attention to its lack of scope and ambition…

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By Daniel Eagan (552) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 02 Nov 2015

[Its] willingness to question conventional beliefs is just one of the factors that sets Spotlight apart from typical Hollywood fare…

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By Susan Granger (2,214) for SSG Syndicate (1,551) on 01 Nov 2015

Taut and compelling, illuminating a timely, still-relevant issue…

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