Although there are too many negative reviews in this film, I always feel that watching a play that the actress I like is involved in is like a lack of soul, which makes me feel restless.

Although there are too many negative reviews in this film, I always feel that watching a play that the actress I like is participating in is like a lack of soul, which makes me feel restless. Fortunately, Rachel McAdams also released "Shocking the Ring", "Embrading the Forgotten Past" and "The Little Prince" last year. Even though she played supporting roles in these movies, she had to make a brief appearance or act as a dubbing, giving vivid vitality to the animation characters, all allowing the audience to see her increasingly stable star journey. However, strictly speaking, the best work she delivered last year was not a movie, but a TV series she took on again after ten years in the second season of HBO's film series "Detective In the Strike".

This time I watched "Shocking Focus" was partly because I admired Rachel McAdams' name, so when the filming of this movie started, I had already left expectations, looking forward to how she would seek breakthroughs in "journalism". If you count the movies she has performed, most Taiwanese people are familiar with romantic comedy and time travel themes. For example, "The Battle of Hot Girls", "Letter of Love", "Wife of Time and Space Traveler", "Midnight Paris", "True Love Every Day", etc., they may all bring inspiration to you at different stages of your life. But she also appeared in "Absolute Conspiracy" in 2009 as a new reporter, and appeared in "Spicy Strong Woman" in 2010 as a program producer. She has had the experience of playing a media industry twice. This time she is really more proficient in acting in "Shock Focus". She plays a key role in group dramas, and works with senior actors Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton and others on the same stage. She only shines at the turning point of the plot. Most of the time, she sticks to her post and makes quiet efforts according to the story development context.

"Shocking Focus" is adapted from a real event at the beginning of this century, describing the formation of a "focus group" by a reporter from the Boston Globe to conduct in-depth investigations into the scandal of a priest in the Boston Cardinal's jurisdiction. The whole movie has a clear theme, eliminates unnecessary special effects, and uses neat editing and profound dialogue to gradually lead to the truth. Perhaps it is a bit like this film is too calm, without mystery, and without tortuous embellishment. If it continues to be stated in time, the director completed the film in this form, vaguely saying that when facing the more complex and huge issues, only a calm mind can sort out the problem.

So, even at the end, the reporters went through hardships to track and spent dozens of reports to expose the case. Once published by the newspaper, the office phone number was always busy and many readers called to inquire. They had just solved a major case, not only did they not celebrate warmly, but they also picked up the phone as usual, picked up the paper and pen that they usually had, and answered one by one with a calm tone and a professional and rational attitude.

Historically, this has lasted for about a year of investigation, and now it has been presented through two hours of film. These reports caused a lot of resounding back then, and the discussion was scattered around the world, giving people a rethinking of the authenticity of religious beliefs. Today, with the release and praise of "Shocking Focus", it not only evokes people's memories of the past again, but also highlights the basic conscience of each of us and the social responsibility of the media as the fourth right.