Veronica Guerin Movie Review 2003

A less than inspired script is nonetheless brought to life by the brilliant acting of Blanchett in the title role of the real-life Irish reporter, who took on a Dublin drug lord in the 1990s. Despite threats and extreme violence, the plucky wife and mother was relentless in her pursuit of the truth. While Guerin pays for her anti-drug crusade with her life, gunned down at a red light in 1996 by a suspected drug-world henchman, pic tones down the martyr factor by presenting a well-rounded character. Hinds effectively plays a sympathetic Guerin informant who tries to warn her of her impending doom.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 98 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Dublin, True Crime, Biopics: Writers, Homicide, Front Page, Smuggler's Blues, Organized Crime, Women, Assassination

Screenplay

Carol Doyle, Mary Agnes Donoghue

Cast

Cate Blanchett, Gerard McSorley, Ciaran Hinds, Brenda Fricker, Barry Barnes, David Murray, Joe Hanley, David Herlihy, Gerry O'Brien, Don Wycherley, Colin Farrell, Alan Devine

Cinematography

Brendan Galvin

Director

Joel Schumacher

Music

Harry Gregson-Williams

Other

Kieran Horgan, David Gamble, Patrick Lumb, Joan Bergin, Nathan Crowley

Producer

Jerry Bruckheimer, Touchstone Pictures