Tom Mccarthy Spotlight Essay

Spotlight by Tom McCarthy may just be the sleeper classic of the 2010’s. The fact that is supported by the best picture award and the incredibly real tragedy portrayed in the film. Spotlight goes farther than just exposing the lies of the Vatican and its horrific cover-up. The film breaches topics one can see in everyday life such as the “death” of investigating journalism and a rapid technology boom with unforeseen consequences. Even the very foundation of its cinematic techniques create a graceful viewing of unfortunate events.

Spotlight makes no attempt at subtlety with its rightful lambasting of the modern Catholic Church. The film displays the tragedy of real events and their subsequent cover-up by a Church leadership who valued reputation over the lives of victims. Tom McCarthy does an exceptional job at setting up each reveal of immorality as one learns not only is there a predator in the church, but many, not only is the church made aware of the predators but the full extent of involvement and illegality in the
All throughout the film, one can see the financial crisis of the Boston Globe and the coming changes regardless of the actions of the journalists or the chief editors. In one scene, new editor Baron, played by Liev Schreiber, is conflicted with the sympathetic plight of chief reporter Walter Robinson, played by Michael Keaton, versus the need to create revenue, thru cheap stories, in order to support not only himself but the families of every worker depending on him.This stark reality brought upon by the internet age and its unforeseen, or rather overlooked