Spotlight on ‘Spotlight’
A peek into what makes the Best Picture winner worthy
Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo and Michael Keaton in Spotlight.
2016 saw Spotlight winning the Academy Award for Best
Picture. The film, based on the Boston Globe’s Pulitzer Prize
winning ‘Spotlight’ team’s unraveling of the prevalent child
sexual abuse by the clergymen and it’s covering up by the
Boston Archdiocese, was one of the top picks and made it
to the top 5 in many lists by acclaimed critics. Spotlight was
way different from the dazzling, flashy, Birdman, the previous
winner of the Best Picture Oscar, but still managed to capture
the audience, including myself. There are quite a few reasons
why I loved this film, and they are :
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