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Directed by: Thomas McCarthy

Distribution: Mark Ruffalo Michael Keaton Rachel McAdams Liev Schreiber John Slattery Stanley Tucci

Genre: Dramatic Thriller

Runtime: 2h08

Quality: Digital

Synopsis

In 2001, editor Marty Baron of The Boston Globe assigns a team of journalists to investigate allegations against John Geoghan, an unfrocked priest accused of molesting more than 80 boys. Led by editor Walter "Robby" Robinson, reporters Michael Rezendes (Mark Ruffalo), Matt Carroll and Sacha Pfeiffer interview victims and try to unseal sensitive documents. The reporters make it their mission to provide proof of a cover-up of sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church.