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By Kam Williams (1,272) for Baret News (418) on 31 Oct 2015

An iconoclastic drama that makes a convincing argument in support of the incendiary axiom, 'The closer to Church, the further from God…

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By Victoria Alexander (762) for Las Vegas Informer (90) on 31 Oct 2015

A tedious bore. The cast chews up the scenery with twitchy acting trying to put energy into the plodding script…

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By Alexander Nazaryan (2) for Newsweek (1,534) on 26 Oct 2015

At its heart, Spotlight is an argument against deference to authority, which informs so much great journalism…

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By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 21 Oct 2015

This offers a potent reminder that investigative journalism is critical to a just society, and that we need it now more than ever…

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By Zack Ruskin (2) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 12 Oct 2015

Spotlight is the best film yet from Tom McCarthy, a testament to his evolving skills as a director and writer and his eye for the emotional…

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By Walter Chaw (1,360) for Film Freak Central (1,643) on 03 Oct 2015

If anything, Spotlight suggests that it knew better than to get in the way of its story, and, you know, I'll take it…

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By Charles Bramesco (223) for Nerdist (550) on 23 Sep 2015

The concept of retelling the Spotlight story was so fraught with potential to go horribly, overbearingly awry, and yet McCarthy deftly sidesteps…

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By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for AskMen.com (164) on 19 Sep 2015

Spotlight keeps its composure, follows every lead and delivers an important and compelling story…

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By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 18 Sep 2015

One of the leanest, most purposeful dramas I've seen in a long time…

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By Clayton Davis (240) for AwardsCircuit.com (450) on 17 Sep 2015

Honestly speaking, Spotlight is the best investigative news drama this century…

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By Kenneth R. Morefield (93) for Christianity Today (953) on 16 Sep 2015

Spotlight is a serious film, both artistically and morally, and it wrestles with explosive content while never feeling exploitative or…

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By Scott Tobias (1,684) for GQ (31) on 15 Sep 2015

As scripted by McCarthy and Josh Singer, the film succeeds first and foremost in bringing order to an extremely complex piece of team reporting…

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By Edward Douglas (1,395) for ComingSoon.net (2,031) on 15 Sep 2015

Succeeds in making what should be the least interesting aspect of the story as interesting as the story itself…

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By Jason Gorber (520) for Film School Rejects (1,198) on 14 Sep 2015

The film does well to make the investigation seem suspenseful even if anyone paying any attention to the news over the last decade and a half…

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By Peter Howell (1,731) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 14 Sep 2015

Good old-fashioned journalism makes for great drama in Thomas McCarthy's [Spotlight]…

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By Matt Singer (625) for ScreenCrush (954) on 14 Sep 2015

Director Tom McCarthy does an impressive job of valorizing the Globe's work without glorifying the place or their profession…

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By Richard Lawson (539) for Vanity Fair (761) on 13 Sep 2015

McCarthy's sharp, incisive, quietly moving drama tells a knotty story with boundless intelligence, wit, and insight…

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By Mike Ryan (265) for Uproxx (697) on 13 Sep 2015

Spotlight is riveting, thrilling, heartbreaking, powerful and important…

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By Chris Bumbray (988) for JoBlo's Movie Emporium (1,959) on 13 Sep 2015

More than anything, this sharply written story (co-written by McCarthy and Josh Singer) is an actors showcase, with this sporting one of the…

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By Sean O'connell (919) for CinemaBlend.com (1,378) on 13 Sep 2015

Virtually everything that needs to click into place does so with refined precision…

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