5.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Spotlight (2016)
Spotlight (2016)
Overview
Profiles and interviews with sports personalities.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Negative
Viewer Rating
5.2
Overview
Profiles and interviews with sports personalities.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film earns a Left-Leaning rating due to its central focus on critiquing the systemic failures of a powerful, traditional institution and championing social justice through the diligent work of investigative journalism.
The movie features a predominantly white main cast, accurately reflecting the real-life individuals involved in the investigation. Its narrative centers on exposing institutional corruption and abuse of power within the Catholic Church, rather than critiquing traditional identities or explicitly focusing on DEI themes.
Secondary
The film critically exposes the systemic cover-up of child sexual abuse by the Catholic Church institution in Boston, depicting its leadership as actively complicit and prioritizing self-preservation over justice for victims. This portrayal highlights the institution's profound moral failings and hypocrisy.
The film "Spotlight" chronicles the Boston Globe's investigation into child sexual abuse within the Catholic Church. The narrative focuses on journalistic efforts and institutional cover-ups, without featuring any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or exploring themes related to LGBTQ+ identity or experiences.
The film "Spotlight" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative is exclusively focused on the Boston Globe's investigation into child sexual abuse by Catholic priests, with no elements related to transgender identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "Spotlight" is a historical drama based on real individuals. All depicted characters maintain their historically documented genders, with no instances of a character established as one gender being portrayed as another.
The 2016 South Korean TV series "Spotlight" features original characters within its narrative. There is no evidence of characters being adapted from prior source material or historical records where their race was established differently, thus no race swaps occurred.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
4.8
5.5
Critic Ratings
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