Spotlight

Spotlight is incredibly straightforward. No gimmicks, nothing fancy. It relies on excellent writing and acting to tell a story about very sensitive subject matter through the lens of the journalists who exposed the scandal nationwide.

I will almost always feel that Michael Keaton and Rachel McAdams are the best parts of anything they're in, but Mark Ruffalo has an outwardly emotional scene that he really knocks out of the park. Stanley Tucci and Billy Crudup were especially impressive with only a few scenes each. The most memorable scene for me is Brian d'Arcy James, who I wasn't familiar with before this, realizing some of the priests live in his neighborhood and running to find the house.