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Veronica Guerin

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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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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 11/09/2018
Blanchett's Veronica is a mesmerizing, complicated force of nature in this true-life tale. Go to Full Review Nell Minow Common Sense Media 12/29/2010
3/5
This is no Erin Brockovich. Go to Full Review J. R. Jones Chicago Reader 10/15/2007
Well-meaning but simpleminded. Go to Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com 09/26/2020
2.5/4.0
I have to fault the direction of Schumacher for many of the problems here. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 01/11/2013
C
Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com 04/19/2009
B+
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. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Gareth v 06/25/2023 A rather paint by numbers, true story that is carried by Blanchett. It's okay but could of been so much better. See more 04/30/2022 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. See more 10/11/2021 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 See more 07/17/2020 "[...] 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/ See more steve d 06/29/2020 Unless you like Cate Blanchett as much as I dislike her, there isn't a lot here to engage you. See more laurent b 04/06/2020 Miserabilistic and bombastic with an emphatic soundtrack See more Read all reviews
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Joel Schumacher

Director

Cate Blanchett

Veronica Guerin

Gerard McSorley

John Gilligan

Ciarán Hinds

John Traynor

Brenda Fricker

Bernadette Guerin

Barry Barnes

Graham Turley

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Veronica Guerin

Alan Devine (left) and Cate Blanchett (right) (Veronica Guerin). Veronica Guerin, a journalist who exposes the drug lords that control Ireland. Cate Blanchett (Veronica Guerin). Cate Blanchett (Veronica Guerin). Cate Blanchett (Veronica Guerin). Cate Blanchett (Veronica Guerin). Jonathan Hession. Ciaran Hinds (left) and Cate Blanchett (right) (Veronica Guerin). Courageous journalist Veronica Guerin (Cate Blanchett, pictured) investigates and exposes the drug lords that battled for control of Ireland. A scene from the film VERONICA GUERIN. View more photos

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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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