Spotlight

ByMovienewz Last updated onNovember 25, 2015

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Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo and Rachel McAdams star in the investigative thriller Spotlight. Watch the movie trailer below. The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese.

Release Date: November 6, 2015
Studio: Open Road Films
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Director: Thomas McCarthy
Screenwriter: Thomas McCarthy, Josh Singer
Cast: Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, Brian D'Arcy James, Stanley Tucci
Running Time: 2 hrs. 8 min.
MPAA Rating: R for some language including sexual references.

Plot Summary

SPOTLIGHT tells the riveting true story of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe investigation that would rock the city and cause a crisis in one of the world's oldest and most trusted institutions. When the newspaper's tenacious "Spotlight" team of reporters delve into allegations of abuse in the Catholic Church, their year-long investigation uncovers a decades-long cover-up at the highest levels of Boston's religious, legal, and government establishment, touching off a wave of revelations around the world.