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By Sarah Marrs (566) for Lainey Gossip (399) on 10 Oct 2017

Hands down the best movie I've seen at TIFF, Spotlight is a phenomenal film, absolutely pitch perfect from start to finish…

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By Tt Stern-Enzi (212) for Cincinnati CityBeat (160) on 20 Sep 2017

There is no I in team, but we need to start spotlighting the reality that, more often than not, it requires coordinated effort to achieve massive…

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By Joanne Soh (192) for The New Paper (Singapore) (342) on 20 Sep 2017

Equal parts engaging, emotional and enlightening. It just shows the importance of a great script and even better storytelling…

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By Anwen Crawford (47) for The Monthly (Australia) (39) on 11 Sep 2017

If there is any heroism in Spotlight then it's a very humble one: the heroism of getting the facts right, which seems, today, almost too much…

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By Kathy Fennessy (88) for The Stranger (Seattle, WA) (891) on 20 Aug 2017

The true standout is [Mark] Ruffalo, building on his work in Zodiac and making a forceful case for pavement-pounding reporting in a world that…

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By Dorothy Woodend (313) for The Tyee (British Columbia) (313) on 14 Aug 2017

Scenes of these newspaper men and women pounding on people's doors, working their sources, alternately cajoling and threatening to get to the…

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By Eleanor Ringel Cater (614) for Saporta Report (Atlanta) (228) on 19 Jun 2017

Director Tom McCarthy, who also co-wrote the script, knows exactly what he's doing. Even his throw-aways make a point…

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By Sr. Rose Pacatte (156) for National Catholic Reporter (122) on 12 Jun 2017

The fact-based film is an engrossing, relevant, finely underplayed, and ultimately heartbreaking crime mystery…

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By Rain Jokinen (125) for SFist (94) on 23 Mar 2017

The shocking truths that are slowly and painfully revealed throughout the course of the movie make for some pretty suspenseful viewing…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 26 Feb 2017

The other great thing about Spotlight is that it never shouts out its message…

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By David Fontana (92) for Film Inquiry (1,269) on 24 Feb 2017

By simply presenting a true story in its most raw form, it ends up being an entirely believable portrayal of one of the most important cases…

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By John Bleasdale (289) for CineVue (2,163) on 13 Jan 2017

Spotlight is a gripping drama able to stand alongside Alan J. Pakula's All the President's Men and a welcome return to form for director Tom McCarthy…

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By Noah Gittell (113) for Washington City Paper (500) on 13 Jan 2017

The subtle, egoless performances by the cast frees the audience up to invest in the facts of the story, which McCarthy insists take precedent…

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By Jyoti Sharma Bawa (33) for Hindustan Times (753) on 13 Jan 2017

Tight and beautifully paced, McCarthy works the film as a thriller despite the audience knowing how it all plays out…

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By Reagan Gavin Rasquinha (222) for The Times of India (879) on 13 Jan 2017

Bold, audacious and shocking, a consummate piece of work…

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By Ben Nicholson (124) for CineVue (2,163) on 13 Jan 2017

It's as a scrupulous whole that Spotlight truly shines as one of the year's finest and most compelling dramas…

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By Kaori Shoji (86) for Japan Times (198) on 13 Jan 2017

It's a far more realistic version of journalism than is often portrayed…

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By John Powers (147) for Vogue (149) on 13 Jan 2017

From the beginning, the Spotlight Team's quest sucks you in…

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By Ed Williamson (23) for TheShiznit.co.uk (506) on 01 Jan 2017

Spotlight appears to tick all the boxes as far as the true-life awards-season investigation drama goes…

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By Andy Lea (545) for Daily Star (403) on 31 Dec 2016

[A] gripping detective story and brilliant newpaper drama…

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