Review of Spotlight (2015) by Dianna D — 05 Mar 2016

Sometimes all the action is in the dialog, and once in a great while it works...

This review of Spotlight (2015) was written by Dianna D on 05 Mar 2016.

Spotlight has generally received very positive reviews.

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By Ricky G (461) on 18 Jul 2018

Really nice film. Eye opening story. Really arranged well and Mark just played it nicely. Well done…

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By Spoopy T (6) on 04 Jul 2018

No wonder this movie won the Academy award for Best Picture, this film is fascinating…

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hardly anyone can throw the first stone: by action or omission the responsibility is distributed to broad sectors of society…

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