| Veronica Guerin Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3/4) |
| Mention the words "Ireland" and "violence," and what do you think of? The IRA,
of course. But the engrossing thriller VERONICA GUERIN, about Irish violence,
has nothing to do with the IRA and is instead centered on Dublin gangsters who
make their...more |
| Veronica Guerin Review |
| by Jonathan F. Richards |
| The true story of a crusading journalist martyr is one that stabs at our
collective conscience. When the hero is a brave and beautiful young woman who
risked all and paid the ultimate price in order to expose scum who were
peddling drugs to...more |
| Veronica Guerin Review |
| by Karina Montgomery (Rating: 3.5/5) |
| Nothing at all against Cate Blanchett, but this is the kind of movie
that I will utterly forget I ever saw within a year. Based on a true
story, the terrible tale of Veronica Guerin's campaign to root out
the truth about the incredible drug problem...more |
| Veronica Guerin Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 6/10) |
| Susan Granger's review of "Veronica Guerin" (Buena Vista Films/Disney)
This time of year, there are a number of 'performance pieces," showcasing
the talents of a star. That's the case here, as Cate Blanchett ("Elizabeth")
brings to life the true...more |
| Veronica Guerin Review |
| by Robin Clifford (Rating: B-) |
| In the mid-1990s the streets of Dublin became a
battlefield with the city's drug lords vying for
territory to hawk their deadly ware. Veronica Guerin
(Cate Blanchett), a leading journalist in Ireland,
turns her attention toward the growing problem that...more |
| Veronica Guerin Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: C+) |
| In the 1990s, Dublin was held in the thrall of the notorious Martin Cahill
(Gerry O'Brien), an organized crime king known as The General, while thousands
of its children became heroin addicts then forced to turn to lives of crime.
As an overwhelmed...more |
| Veronica Guerin Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 5/10) |
| There were three high-profile biopics unveiled at the 2003 Toronto
International Film Festival, and two of them were about print journalists
with very different work ethics. One was Shattered Glass, about New
Republic writer Stephen "The Original...more |
| Veronica Guerin Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: B) |
| Reviewed by: Harvey S. Karten
Grade: B
Touchstone Pictures
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
Written by: Carol Doyle, Mary Agnes Donoghue, story by Carol
Doyle
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Gerard McSorley, Ciaran Hinds, Brenda
Frickler, Don Wycherley, Barry Barnes,...more |
