Spotlight is a movie I have heard people raving about time and time again so I was excited to have an excuse to finally see it. I found the way it was set up very interesting. It was set up to take place in 2001 but was investigating events from the 70s. What makes it even more interesting is that it’s based on true events. The movie starts with the editor of a newspaper retiring in Boston. After a team of 4 investigative journalists, called Spotlight from the newspaper read a column about a lawyer claiming that the Cardinal of Boston knew of a priest who sexually abused children and hadn’t done anything to stop it, Spotlight started investigating. After tons of research, the team figures out that there is a serious problem with priests sexually abusing children and the church covering it up. They found it was going on throughout all of Massachusetts and not just Boston. The journalists began to come in contact with victims who were then grown men. However, then 9/11 happened and the team had to slow down on the investigation. However, more documents were revealed with more evidence that the Cardinal knew and did not do anything so they decided to run the story. There was such an intense scene of the Boston Globe trucks going out to deliver the paper with Spotlight’s story on the front cover. That scene is followed by the Spotlight room’s phones ringing nonstop with more victims stepping forward. In December 2002, Cardinal Law resigned and Spotlight paved the way for many more scandals to be uncovered in many more cities around the world. Spotlight was an amazing film that proved just much good journalism can do for our society.