After three rounds and thousands of votes, the final contest for the movie that best embodies the hub of the universe is set: \u2018Good Will Hunting\u2019 goes up against \u2018Spotlight\u2019 in the final match.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven rarer than a breath of fresh air is a breath of fresh Hollywood film. Brainy and heartfelt and right on target,\u201d Globe critic Jay Carr wrote back in 1997 when the Matt Daemon-Ben Affleck<\/a> pic about a working-class Boston genius hit theaters. \u201c[I]t has Boston written all over it.\u201d<\/p>\n Nearly a decade later, Globe critic Ty Burr observed<\/a> in his four-star review of \u2018Spotlight,\u2019 which follows the Globe\u2019s investigative Spotlight team reporting out the Roman Catholic Church\u2019s coverup of pedophile priests<\/a>: \u201cMaybe it\u2019s too early to decide whether \u2018Spotlight\u2019 is among the best Boston movies ever made \u2014 the accents are fine, the filmmakers seem to have the lay of the land \u2014 but in certain awful aspects it\u2019s the most truthful.\u201d<\/p>\n Get Starting Point<\/p>\n A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/p>\n Now it\u2019s your turn to decide which of these beloved films captures Boston best.<\/p>\n And also, dear reader, if you\u2019ve enjoyed this bracket (we certainly have), drop us a line in the comments or on social, and share ideas of other brackets you\u2019d like to see the Globe do \u2014 whether other movie genres or something else. <\/p>\n The 1990s are so hot right now, and that apparently carried through to this movie bracket, as \u2018Good Will Hunting\u2019 dominated \u2018Friends of Eddie Coyle\u2019 by about 1,500 votes. The final tally was 1,906 to 404. <\/p>\n \u2018Spotlight\u2019 beat out \u2018Fever Pitch\u2019 1,644 to 639, sending the journalistic drama to the championship round. That will be good news to reader Temp47 who said in the comments, \u201cAnyone who votes for Fever Pitch should be drummed out of the City.\u201d<\/p>\n Victoria McGrane can be reached at victoria.mcgrane@globe.com<\/a>. Follow her @vgmac<\/a>.<\/p>\n