An Irish journalist writes a series of stories about drug dealers.An Irish journalist writes a series of stories about drug dealers.An Irish journalist writes a series of stories about drug dealers.
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- Carol Doyle(story)
- Mary Agnes Donoghue(screenplay)
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- Carol Doyle(story) (screenplay)
- Mary Agnes Donoghue(screenplay)
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- TriviaThe dance scene where Veronica dances with her family to "Everlasting Love" was added in on the spot by Cate Blanchett.
- GoofsTony Gregory has not worn a tie in public since his election in 1982. It has caused much debate in the Irish Parliament because of its dress code.
- Quotes
Veronica Guerin: You'd do the same. If you saw those kids on the street, you would do the same.
- Crazy creditsDisclaimer in closing credits: "Chris Mulligan is a fictional composite character based in part on several different people, and certain events in which the character is depicted have been fictionalised for dramatic effect."
- SoundtracksFuneral Song
Written by Harry Gregson-Williams, Hugh Marsh, Patrick Cassidy and Trevor Horn
Produced by Trevor Horn
Performed by Sinéad O'Connor
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Cate Blanchett Exposes Hollywood
Just as Veronica Guerin exposed Ireland's underworld drug dealers, Cate Blanchett's marvelous portrayal of Irish journalist-turned-anti-drug-crusader Veronica Guerin seemed to have the actress on a mission to prove that you don't have to look like a pop diva or act like a porn star to be a compelling female lead in a film.
Like many films with an ethnic flavor, we get a supporting cast of ethnic actors in slightly elevated roles from the norm. Most notable from that category are Gerard McSorley as the evil drug-lord, John Gilligan, and Ciaran Hands as street thug John Traynor, who plays both sides of the fence throughout the film.
The story is painful, not only because of what happens to Guerin, but in our knowing that her courage is a direct reaction to our general apathy towards wrongdoing, with so many of us looking the other way that the Veronica Guerins of the world are encouraged to fight evil after the fact, but left as sitting ducks or thrown to the wolves while they are still alive and making noise.
If there's one lesson every viewer of this film should exit with, it is that those of us who are not part of the solution, are part of the problem.
Like many films with an ethnic flavor, we get a supporting cast of ethnic actors in slightly elevated roles from the norm. Most notable from that category are Gerard McSorley as the evil drug-lord, John Gilligan, and Ciaran Hands as street thug John Traynor, who plays both sides of the fence throughout the film.
The story is painful, not only because of what happens to Guerin, but in our knowing that her courage is a direct reaction to our general apathy towards wrongdoing, with so many of us looking the other way that the Veronica Guerins of the world are encouraged to fight evil after the fact, but left as sitting ducks or thrown to the wolves while they are still alive and making noise.
If there's one lesson every viewer of this film should exit with, it is that those of us who are not part of the solution, are part of the problem.
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- Dec 15, 2005
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