Synopsis
In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then gets in touch with John Traynor, a paranoid informant. Not without some prodding, Traynor leads her to John Gilligan, the ruthless head of the operation, who does not take kindly to Guerin's nosing.
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Cast
- Cate BlanchettVeronica Guerin
- Colin FarrellTattooed Boy
- Gerard McSorleyJohn Gilligan
- Ciarán HindsJohn Traynor
- Brenda FrickerBernie Guerin
- Don WycherleyChris Mulligan
- Barry BarnesGraham Turley
- Paul RonanJimmy Guerin
- Simon O'DriscollCathal Turley
- Gerry O'BrienMartin Cahill
Recommendations
- 91
Entertainment Weekly
Her death was shocking; this well-made telling of her life is inspiring. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
A luminous performance from Cate Blanchett lies at the heart of Joel Schumacher's impressive drama. - 80
Time
Veronica Guerin paid with her life. This film would make her proud, for it is ultimately not depressing but -- we say without a shred of journalistic irony -- inspiring. - 80
L.A. Weekly
For once, it's no stretch for Jerry Bruckheimer to turn a human life into an action movie. Give or take a pack of screaming clichés in Carol Doyle and Mary Agnes Donoghue's screenplay, Joel Schumacher's propulsive thriller is also a smart character study, with Cate Blanchett as the jewel in its crown. - 60
Variety
The supporting perfs provide the real drama, especially Hinds' excellent turn as the outwardly macho but inwardly broken Traynor, and McSorley's simmering portrayal of the psychotic Gilligan - 60
Dallas Observer
While the movie is indeed touching and very politically significant, there's something peculiar about never learning exactly what made ace reporter Guerin so intensely obsessive about this topic. - 50
New York Magazine (Vulture)
A character as psychologically complex as Guerin -- whose drive may not have been fully comprehensible even to herself -- needs a lot of room to expand on screen. Schumacher and Bruckheimer box her in. - 50
Premiere
Too bad the movie was assembled by Hollywood types -- Joel Schumacher directed, Jerry Bruckheimer produced -- who like to have things 15 ways at once. Hollywood types don't like journalists, so while they're lionizing Guerin, they go out of their way to make almost every other journalist depicted in the picture despicable.
