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Veronica Guerin

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Veronica Guerin

R

Released Oct 17, 2003

1h 38m

Biography

Drama

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In this true story, Veronica Guerin (Cate Blanchett) 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 (Ciarán Hinds), a paranoid informant. Not without some prodding, Traynor leads her to John Gilligan (Gerard McSorley), the ruthless head of the operation, who does not take kindly to Guerin's nosing.

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Critics Consensus

Cate Blanchett gives another great performance in a movie that doesn't shed much light on its title character.

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Sheila Norman-Culp

Associated Press

Blanchett's Veronica is a mesmerizing, complicated force of nature in this true-life tale.

Nov 9, 2018

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

This is no Erin Brockovich.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 29, 2010

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Well-meaning but simpleminded.

Oct 15, 2007

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

I have to fault the direction of Schumacher for many of the problems here.

Rated: 2.5/4.0

Sep 26, 2020

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Emanuel Levy

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Rated: C

Jan 11, 2013

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

Cate Blanchett gives a tour de force performance as Veronica Guerin under Joel Schumacher's direction of a no-nonsense script by Carol Doyle and Mary Agnes Donoghue.

Rated: B+

Apr 19, 2009

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Gareth v

A rather paint by numbers, true story that is carried by Blanchett. It's okay but could of been so much better.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/25/23

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Audience Member

Veronica Guerin is all around just a watchable film. If you have literally nothing else to watch I guess it's worth putting on? It has some really poor elements like the really unneeded text at the start of the film that's written in Calibri for some odd reason, also showing us the end of the film at the start which really doesn't work too great effect here as the ending comes so abruptly and lacks any real emotional edge. Cate Blanchett was ok, her accent was decent but that smirky face got annoying to me. In conclusion, it's nothing more than just a movie, it's got a start middle, and an ending and doesn't entirely butcher any big things but also doesn't do anything new or exactly good.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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A powerful true crime drama, telling a story I was completely unaware of! Blanchett performs masterfully, and is supported by a great cast. Though it doesn't give much of a character backstory, I'm not sure that's reason to mark it down… the focus is clearly on her fight against drugs, not on her whole career. There's enough character development to know what you're watching and why it's important. A well told, enjoyable, and moving true story

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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"[...] essa cinebiografia consegue se segurar, mesmo com seus problemas de roteiro, como um filme ok. A direção é competente, a fotografia é decente o suficiente e o longa consegue retratar bem a sua personagem central, contando com uma boa atuação e conseguindo, mesmo com problemas, contar a sua história de maneira compreensível e que destaca a relevância de seus temas." https://galaxiadocinema.home.blog/2019/08/26/o-custo-da-coragem-2003-critica/

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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steve d

Unless you like Cate Blanchett as much as I dislike her, there isn't a lot here to engage you.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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laurent b

Miserabilistic and bombastic with an emphatic soundtrack

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Joel Schumacher

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Synopsis

In this true story, Veronica Guerin (Cate Blanchett) 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 (Ciarán Hinds), a paranoid informant. Not without some prodding, Traynor leads her to John Gilligan (Gerard McSorley), the ruthless head of the operation, who does not take kindly to Guerin's nosing.

Director: Joel Schumacher
Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer
Screenwriter: Carol Doyle, Carol Doyle, Mary Agnes Donoghue
Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures
Production Co: Touchstone Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Rating: R (Some Drug Content|Language|Violence)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 17, 2003, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.6M
Runtime: 1h 38m
Sound Mix: Surround

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