End of the day, this film’s real victory lies in the fact that it chronicles a pertinent part of modern history and it does so with the right amount of authenticity and deftness. There’s no jingoism or sense of sensation. It takes real human emotions and crafts them into the journalism profession. The quality of cinema is beyond measure. This is a must watch.

Spotlight puts the spotlight on the trauma without  creating hype or drama. It’s an achievement that doesn’t call for a standing ovation. It gets it without trying.

This is not the kind of movie you should take your date to for fun, but it’s one that makes you question your faith in your religious institution and the morality of those attached to it. It’s heavy stuff for sure, but stuff that must definitely be seen and discussed.

Spotlight is not for everyone. It’s a serious film that deals with a serious issue, and it does justice to it. For the performances alone, the movie is worth a watch.

Tom McCarthy’s Spotlight is that rare film that is first and foremost about journalism.

Spotlight is an important film, especially at times of cynicism around the profession of journalism. It is a non-showy paean to print reportage as much as it is a deeply affecting human drama.

Spotlight doesn’t set up false binaries between print and new media, nor does it treat its reporters as superheroes with notebooks. McCarthy’s no-frills approach and classic shot and reverse-shot storytelling often nudges Spotlight into the television movie zone, but there is no mistaking what is at work here: the good fight to tell a story the way it needs to be told.