‘Spotlight’ Triumphs As Best Picture At the 2016 Oscars: Pedophile Priest Drama Honored

There you have it, ‘Spotlight’ is officially the Academy Awards selection as the best film of 2015. It was a tight race between’The Big Short,’ ‘The Revanent’ and ‘Spotlight’ and ‘the latter coming out on top.

You couldn’t imagine three more different films going head to head for Best Picture at the Oscars, but ultimately Spotlight won bragging rights at the 2016 Academy Awards. The film about a team of journalists who uncovered pedophile priest scandal in Boston took home the big prize in a super tight race!

In accepting the award, one of the producers noted that “this film gave a voice to survivors,” of the pedophile priest story and that, “Pope Francis, it’s time to protect children and restore the faith! Wow, pretty powerful stuff. Another producer noted that they had a “perfectly calibrated ensemble” with their amazing cast. We couldn’t agree more, this terrific group of actors had a really hard story to tell and did it with such power and passion.