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7.8/10 • 8.3K

2015-11-062h 9m

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Break the story. Break the silence.

The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.

Directors
Tom McCarthy
Writters
Josh Singer, Tom McCarthy
Editors
Josh Singer, Tom McCarthy, Tom McArdle

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  1. Mark Ruffalo

    Mark Ruffalo

    Michael Rezendes

  2. Michael Keaton

    Michael Keaton

    Walter 'Robby' Robinson

  3. Rachel McAdams

    Rachel McAdams

    Sacha Pfeiffer

  4. Liev Schreiber

    Liev Schreiber

    Marty Baron

  5. John Slattery

    John Slattery

    Ben Bradlee, Jr.

  6. Brian d'Arcy James

    Brian d'Arcy James

    Matt Carroll

  7. Stanley Tucci

    Stanley Tucci

    Mitchell Garabedian

  8. Elena Wohl

    Elena Wohl

    Barbara

  9. Gene Amoroso

    Gene Amoroso

    Steve Kurkjian

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Reno

Feb 24, 2016

8/10

Uncovering the sins committed by whom the millions of people believe in.
A documentary film would show the real faces of those offenders to shame them. That's the reason I desperately wanted it to be a documentary, then I would have definitely given a maximum mark. There's no complaint about this movie, but adaptation means fakes acting, fake settings and awards goes to non real achievers. Anyway, this movie kind looked a semi documentary and liked the way it was made. The movie exposed a very important scandal. If something is open for a debate in the US means, the rest of the world would follow the same route. That's where this theme was inspired by. It all begins with a group of journalists from the Boston Globe with their new editor instruct them to research on sexual abuse of children by priests. So their lead only gets bigger and puts them to recover more evidence in order to publish. How they come up with the story that shake up not only the nation, but the entire world is the remaining. A collection of bunch fine performances. There's no lead actors in this. Everyone is in the supporting roles. Out of 6, it got nominated both male and female in the category of supporting role for the Academy Awards. I am very disappointed, Mark Ruffalo's performance in 'Infinitely Polar Bear' deserved another nominee. Anyway, this 15 year old story still looks a hot topic. It was a great comeback for the director after critics assaulted him with their words for his previous film 'The Cobbler' only to show their rage on Sandler. It is a must-must see. Beware, is is not your weekend entertainer, but based on the real. 8/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$20,000,000.00
Revenue
$98,690,254.00
Keywords
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