I’m in a little bit of a rush, because the Academy Awards
have already started, and I want to have reviews in on all the Best Picture
nominees before the winner is announced.
So I am going to tell you why I liked each of these two films:
The makers of Room
believe that hope and healing are possible after even the most traumatic of
conditions and experiences. It also has
a policewoman who does some excellent police work, a boy who is extremely brave,
and a young woman who definitely deserves a Mother’s Day card this year (and
next).
The makers of Spotlight
believe in the pursuit of truth. I think
that truth and the pursuit of truth can be two completely different things. This movie focuses and glorifies the pursuit
of truth; journalists are portrayed as society’s heroes. While the filmmakers could easily have gone
too far and ventured into preachy cliché territory; I was pleasantly surprised that
the film stayed grounded.
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