Spotlight is the kind of film you feel obliged to see fearing pangs of enjoyment denial. Well: director Tom McCarthy, on his credits, makes films very simply about very complex individuals and events. Spotlight is no exception. Great about McCarthy is that he never seems interested in taking a moral stance, though morality and hypocrisy of story every which way are thrust in your face. Inevitably. Just never by this director. No need. The story of Spotlight is everywhere to be found. What’s worth stressing about this movie is its humanity. No-one/where is ever a saint. Interesting that Spotlight and The Club (March 25) are released in the same year. It isn’t a wet liberal minded conscious we are talking about here. It is the hypocrisy of the moral high ground in a world where almost no-one can make claim to that territory. Even when you map read at some time you too will falter.
A controversial double-bill (did Mubi steal my double-billing-great minds/hommage think alike;) with Jim Loach's Oranges and Sunshine?
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