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* ShownTheirWork: Several journalists have stated that this film absolutely nails the investigative journalism process. And the journalists portrayed were impressed with how on point their offices were recreated.
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* HistoryRepeatsItself: Ben Bradlee was editor of the Washington Post and oversaw Woodward and Bernstein's investigation into Watergate. Thirty years later, his son, Ben Jr, oversees the investigation into the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Film/AllThePresidentsMen'', which was also about a group of investigative reporters who exposed one of the biggest scandals in American history. For bonus points, both involved someone by the name of Ben Bradlee (the sex abuse investigation actually involved his son, Ben Jr.).
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** Ben Bradlee Jr., who is below Marty but above the Spotlight team in the chain of command, is a more traditional example.
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* ParentalSubstitute: Both the reporters and the priests' victims discuss how filling this role in the lives of troubled young boys from broken homes allows the priests to gain their targets' trust.
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* AdultFear: Reporter (and father of two) Matt Carroll is combing through directories of priests to look for names of clergymen on "sick leave," a designation commonly given to priests who have been caught abusing children and sent to residential treatment centers, which was common practice at the time. He comes to one name, [[OhCrap stops short]], runs out his door, down the block, and stands staring outside a nondescript house. Smash cut to him taping a photograph of the house to the fridge door with a warning to his kids to stay away.
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* AdultFear: Reporter (and father of two) Matt Carroll is combing through directories of priests to look for names of clergymen on "sick leave," a designation commonly given to priests who have been caught abusing children and sent to residential treatment centers, centers which was common practice at the time. He comes to one name, [[OhCrap stops short]], runs out his door, down the block, and stands staring outside a nondescript house. Smash cut to him taping a photograph of the house to the fridge door with a warning to his kids to stay away.
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* SoundtrackDissonance: The reporters rush towards the deadline to the tune of a children's choir singing "Silent Night."
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''Spotlight'' is a 2015 film directed by Tom [=McCarthy=] and starring Creator/MarkRuffalo, Creator/MichaelKeaton, and Creator/RachelMcAdams. It tells the RealLife story of the investigative team of the ''Boston Globe'' as they researched and released the first major report on sex abuse in the Catholic Church.
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''Spotlight'' is a 2015 film directed by Tom [=McCarthy=] and starring Creator/MarkRuffalo, Creator/MichaelKeaton, and Creator/RachelMcAdams.[=McCarthy=]. It tells the RealLife story of the investigative team of the ''Boston Globe'' as they researched and released the first major report on sex abuse in the Catholic Church.
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Cardinal Bernard Law was very popular in Boston and remained so until the story broke.
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Cardinal Bernard Law was very popular in Boston and remained so until the story broke.broke.
* WhamLine: While investigating, the team consults a former priest for more insight on who may have molested children. They're stunned when he says that their current number of thirteen priests is too low; it's actually about ''ninety''. And when they go through the Catholic directories to identify priests who had been rapidly reassigned, or listed as "sick leave," "unassigned," "treatment," etc., they come up with ''eighty-seven''.
* WhamLine: While investigating, the team consults a former priest for more insight on who may have molested children. They're stunned when he says that their current number of thirteen priests is too low; it's actually about ''ninety''. And when they go through the Catholic directories to identify priests who had been rapidly reassigned, or listed as "sick leave," "unassigned," "treatment," etc., they come up with ''eighty-seven''.
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->''"When you’re a poor kid from a poor family and when a priest pays attention to you, it’s a big deal. How do you say no to God?"''
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* AwfulTruth: As the Spotlight team digs deeper into the case, they discover that they aren't dealing with one or two predatory priests, but '''eighty-seven'''. And that's just in Boston.
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* AwfulTruth: As the Spotlight team digs deeper into the case, they discover that they aren't dealing with just one or two predatory priests, but '''eighty-seven'''. And that's just in Boston.
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* AwfulTruth: As the Spotlight team digs deeper into the case, they discover that they aren't dealing with one or two predatory priests, but '''87'''. And that's just in Boston.
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* AwfulTruth: As the Spotlight team digs deeper into the case, they discover that they aren't dealing with one or two predatory priests, but '''87'''.'''eighty-seven'''. And that's just in Boston.
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* AwfulTruth: As the Spotlight team digs deeper into the case, they discover that they aren't dealing with one or two predatory priests, but '''87'''. And that's just in Boston.
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Marty Baron arrives in Boston as new editor of the Globe, and assigns the Spotlight investigative team to follow a trail of lawsuits pertaining to a priest accused of sexual abuse some years in the past. As they dig deeper, meeting with traumatized victims, corrupt clergy, and complicit lawyers, they discover that the menace of child sexual abuse in Boston's Catholic parishes runs deeper than anyone suspected. Starring MichaelKeaton, MarkRuffalo, RachelMcAdams, Creator/MichaelKeaton, Creator/MarkRuffalo, Creator/RachelMcAdams, and StanleyTucci.
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''Spotlight'' is a 2015 film directed by Tom Mccarthy.[=McCarthy=]. It tells the RealLife story of the investigative team of the ''Boston Globe'' as they researched and released the first major report on sex abuse in the Catholic Church.
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* AdultFear: Reporter (and father of two) Matt Carroll is combing through directories of priests to look for names of clergymen on "sick leave," a designation commonly given to priests who have been caught abusing children. He comes to one name, stops short, runs out his door, down the block, and stands staring outside a nondescript house. Smash cut to him taping a photograph of the house to the fridge door with a warning to his kids to stay away.
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* AdultFear: Reporter (and father of two) Matt Carroll is combing through directories of priests to look for names of clergymen on "sick leave," a designation commonly given to priests who have been caught abusing children. children and sent to residential treatment centers, which was common practice at the time. He comes to one name, [[OhCrap stops short, short]], runs out his door, down the block, and stands staring outside a nondescript house. Smash cut to him taping a photograph of the house to the fridge door with a warning to his kids to stay away.
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* IntrepidReporter: Chasing down lawyers, digging through seemingly insignificant archives, and waiting outside court records rooms when they open are all in a day's work for Rezendes.
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* ForegoneConclusion: You know the Catholic Church had a sex abuse scandal, don't you?
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* SmokingGun: A collection of sealed documents that reveal Cardinal Bernard Law knew about Father John Geoghan's abuse of children since the 1980s and did nothing about it.
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Cardinal Bernard Law, who was shown to have known about priests' abuse of children and did nothing, was very popular in Boston and remained so until the story broke.
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Cardinal Bernard Law, who was shown to have known about priests' abuse of children and did nothing, Law was very popular in Boston and remained so until the story broke.
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* DaEditor: Subverted with Marty Baron, who is one of the most reserved people in the movie.
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* IrishPriest: Because we're in Boston, naturally. Many of the names that the Spotlight team uncovers are noticeably Irish.
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* RedOniBlueOni: Rezendes is impulsive and passionate in contrast to the calmer, calculating Robbie.
* TitleDrop: At the very end, when RobbiePijoins the rest of the team answering the constantly ringing tip line after the story is published.
* TitleDrop: At the very end, when Robbie
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* CassandraTruth: Phil Saviano, a survivor of clerical abuse and leader of a support group, reported the rampant abuse to the Globe years before the events of the film but was not taken seriously. When Pfeiffer tells the rest of the Spotlight team that she plans to interview him, they're very skeptical because of his zeal. Naturally, as it becomes more obvious that he was telling the truth, he's very frustrated that it took everyone that long to listen.
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* RaisedCatholic: In an interview with a survivor, all the Spotlight reporters describe themselves as lapsed Catholics.
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* RaisedCatholic: In an interview with a survivor, all the Spotlight reporters describe themselves as lapsed Catholics.Catholics.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Cardinal Bernard Law, who was shown to have known about priests' abuse of children and did nothing, was very popular in Boston and remained so until the story broke.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Cardinal Bernard Law, who was shown to have known about priests' abuse of children and did nothing, was very popular in Boston and remained so until the story broke.
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* FishOutOfWater: Marty Baron has never spent time in Boston, and he's heading a newspaper where most of the staff is born and raised there. In contrast to the big personalities (most notably Robbie and Rezendes) he's quiet and soft-spoken. He doesn't even like ''baseball.'' In ''Boston.'' Most notably, he's the first Jewish editor of the Globe, the subscriber base of which was 5e% Catholic in 2003.
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* FishOutOfWater: Marty Baron has never spent time in Boston, and he's heading a newspaper where most of the staff is born and raised there. In contrast to the big personalities (most notably Robbie and Rezendes) he's quiet and soft-spoken. He doesn't even like ''baseball.'' In ''Boston.'' Most notably, he's the first Jewish editor of the Globe, the subscriber base of which was 5e% 53% Catholic in 2003.2002.
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* FishOutOfWater: Marty Baron has never spent time in Boston, and he's heading a newspaper where most of the staff is born and raised there. In contrast to the big personalities (most notably Robbie and Rezendes) he's quiet and soft-spoken. He doesn't even like ''baseball.'' In ''Boston.'' Most notably, he's the first Jewish editor of the Globe, the subscriber base of which was 5e% Catholic in 2003.
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Marty Baron arrives in Boston as new editor of the Globe. Globe, and assigns the Spotlight investigative team to follow a trail of lawsuits pertaining to a priest accused of sexual abuse some years in the past. As they dig deeper, meeting with traumatized victims, corrupt clergy, and complicit lawyers, they discover that the menace of child sexual abuse in Boston's Catholic parishes runs deeper than anyone suspected. Starring MichaelKeaton, MarkRuffalo, RachelMcAdams, and StanleyTucci.
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AdultFear: Reporter (and father of two) Matt Carroll is combing through directories of priests to look for names of clergymen on "sick leave," a designation commonly given to priests who have been caught abusing children. He comes to one name, stops short, runs out his door, down the block, and stands staring outside a nondescript house. Smash cut to him taping a photograph of the house to the fridge door with a warning to his kids to stay away.
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*BookEnds: The film begins in the 1970s, when Father John Geoghan (one of the most notorious abusive priests) has been arrested and some of his young victims are waiting and coloring in a gray police station. It ends with lawyer Mitchell Garabedian greeting two new young victims, abused two weeks ago, who are coloring in a gray waiting room in his office.
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''Spotlight'' is a 2015 film directed by Tom Mccarthy. It tells the RealLife story of the investigative team of the ''Boston Globe'' as they researched and released the first major report on sex abuse in the Catholic Church.
Marty Baron arrives in Boston as new editor of the Globe. and assigns the Spotlight investigative team to follow a trail of lawsuits pertaining to a priest accused of sexual abuse some years in the past. As they dig deeper, meeting with traumatized victims, corrupt clergy, and complicit lawyers, they discover that the menace of child sexual abuse in Boston's Catholic parishes runs deeper than anyone suspected. Starring MichaelKeaton, MarkRuffalo, RachelMcAdams, and StanleyTucci.
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RaisedCatholic: In an interview with a survivor, all the Spotlight reporters describe themselves as lapsed Catholics.
Marty Baron arrives in Boston as new editor of the Globe. and assigns the Spotlight investigative team to follow a trail of lawsuits pertaining to a priest accused of sexual abuse some years in the past. As they dig deeper, meeting with traumatized victims, corrupt clergy, and complicit lawyers, they discover that the menace of child sexual abuse in Boston's Catholic parishes runs deeper than anyone suspected. Starring MichaelKeaton, MarkRuffalo, RachelMcAdams, and StanleyTucci.
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RaisedCatholic: In an interview with a survivor, all the Spotlight reporters describe themselves as lapsed Catholics.
