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Feb 29, 2016 · "It is not an anti-Catholic movie, as has been written, because the film succeeds in giving voice to the alarm and deep pain" experienced by the Catholic faithful when a team of...
Mar 1, 2016 · L’Osservatore Romano, which is owned by the Vatican, said the film – which follows a group of Boston Globe reporters delving into the Catholic priest sexual abuse scandal – “is not anti ...
Feb 28, 2016 · It is a study in the way power gets abused in a tight-knit tribe; it's an exploration of the clerical abuse scandal in the Catholic Church; and it's also been called “a love letter to...
Dec 8, 2015 · “Spotlight,” about the Boston Globe’s investigation of the Catholic Church’s sexual-abuse scandal, stars Michael Keaton, as Walter Robinson; Liev Schreiber, as Martin Baron; Mark Ruffalo, as...
- Sarah Larson
Mar 1, 2016 · An editorial acknowledged that Spotlight is “not anti-Catholic” and that the film instead draws attention to the important issue of sex abuse and “manages to voice the shock and profound...
- Devan Coggan
Nov 5, 2015 · Directed by Tom McCarthy from a script he wrote with Josh Singer and based closely on recent history, “Spotlight” is a gripping detective story and a superlative newsroom drama, a solid...
Following the film's Best Picture win at the Oscars, Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano ran a column assuring that it is "not an anti-Catholic film", and Vatican Radio revealed that clerics in Rome have been recommending the film to each other.
