Review of Spotlight (2015) by Cath O — 28 Jul 2017

It was fine, I guess... Ruffalo could have dialed it back a little bit, but it was fine.

This review of Spotlight (2015) was written by Cath O on 28 Jul 2017.

Spotlight has generally received very positive reviews.

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