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Veronica Guerin

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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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    • Joel Schumacher
    • Carol Doyle(story)
    • Mary Agnes Donoghue(screenplay)
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    • Cate Blanchett
    • Colin Farrell
    • Brenda Fricker
    • Joel Schumacher
    • Carol Doyle(story)
    • Mary Agnes Donoghue(screenplay)
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    • Colin Farrell
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    Cate Blanchett
    Cate Blanchett
    • Veronica Guerin
    Colin Farrell
    Colin Farrell
    • Tattooed Boy
    Brenda Fricker
    Brenda Fricker
    • Bernie Guerin
    Ciarán Hinds
    Ciarán Hinds
    • John Traynor
    Gerard McSorley
    Gerard McSorley
    • John Gilligan
    Don Wycherley
    Don Wycherley
    • Chris Mulligan
    Barry Barnes
    • Graham Turley
    Simon O'Driscoll
    • Cathal Turley
    Emmet Bergin
    • Aengus Fanning
    Charlotte Bradley
    • Anne Harris
    Mark Lambert
    • Willie Kealy
    Garrett Keogh
    • Tony Gregory
    Maria McDermottroe
    • Geraldine Gilligan
    Paudge Behan
    • Brian Meehan
    Joe Hanley
    • Eugene 'Dutchie' Holland
    David Murray
    David Murray
    • Charles Bowden
    Karl Shiels
    Karl Shiels
    • Gilligan Gang Member #1
    Barry McEvoy
    Barry McEvoy
    • Gilligan Gang Member #2
      • Joel Schumacher
      • Carol Doyle(story) (screenplay)
      • Mary Agnes Donoghue(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      The dance scene where Veronica dances with her family to "Everlasting Love" was added in on the spot by Cate Blanchett.
    • Goofs
      Tony 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 credits
      Disclaimer 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."
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Intolerable Cruelty/Kill Bill: Vol. 1/Mystic River/Veronica Guerin (2003)
    • Soundtracks
      Funeral 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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    9/10
    Veronica Guerin, crusading journalist
    Veronica Guerin is the kind of journalist I could never, ever be, if I choose to go into that field in the future. She was determined, ballsy, hard-nosed, a risk-taker, and instilled with a bravado that bordered on irrationality. This movie is based on the true story of how Guerin, an Irish reporter, galvanized her country into implementing stricter drug laws and cracking down on drug-related crimes and drug abuse. Veronica Guerin paints her as a modern day Joan of Arc - misunderstood by peers and politicians while she was alive, but made a martyr and heroine after her death. It spans a period of two years, from Guerin's decision to take down Dublin's drug overlord, to her eventual assassination. (I'm not revealing any secrets - she's shot at the beginning before the movie flashes back). Guerin's tenacious reporting-style - poking, prodding, nudging friends and foes alike - was effective, albeit often treacherous - there had been previous attempts on her life before the final, fatal one. It is this that critics pick on in their reviews: Guerin's almost insane tendency to provoke known criminals and gangsters to the point of immediate danger to herself and her family. While it would be somewhat implausible if this were a fictitious story, the story of Veronica Guerin is a true one. Having not read her biography, I have no idea how much the filmmakers have embellished on it, but I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. With the picture they painted of Guerin, as well as Cate Blanchett's wonderful portrayal of her, I believe that Guerin, in her passion-fuelled moral crusade, would have been that compulsive, and ultimately, that heroic.

    As much as I loved the story of Veronica Guerin, crusading journalist, I have some bones to pick with the technical aspects of the movie. One is with the director's tendency to suddenly go into "Blair Witch Cam," or hand-held cam, for those of you who haven't been nauseated by that movie. It's intended to give the movie a documentary feel, but the sudden switches to from fixed to hand-held cams just leave me dizzy. Another problem I had, though a smaller one, was with the schmaltzy-ing of certain scenes, especially the last one, where Celtic songs are played in the background. While I understand the reverrence intended and the relevance of playing Celtic music, I couldn't stop images of the Titanic and Sarah McLachlan (I don't know either) from appearing in my head. A suitably solemn, well-composed, non-Celtic piece would've been much more preferable. But that's just me. 9/10
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    • Nov 26, 2003

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      • October 17, 2003 (United States)
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      • United Kingdom
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      • Naas, County Kildare, Ireland
    • Production companies
      • Touchstone Pictures
      • Jerry Bruckheimer Films
      • Persevere Productions Ltd.
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