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Veronica Guerin (2003)
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Ireland's most beloved and tragic contemporary hero/martyr gets the Hollywood treatment in the fact-based thriller Veronica Guerin, an average film made recommendable for a fine performance by Cate Blanchett in the title role. The life, work, and assassination of the slain Irish journalist is respectfully chronicled in this gritty, streetwise biopic by director Joel Schumacher, beginning with her 1996 murder (by Irish gangsters) and flashing back to her diligent efforts, begun in 1994, to expose the drug trade that plagued Ireland for most of the decade. Blanchett is flawless in a role that combines passion, courage, and recklessness...
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Veronica Guerin Movie Review by B Movie Ben  (5/14/2007) |
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Soon, we will be subjected to the supposed story of a journalist known, not for his accomplishments, but for his death. Veronica Guerin (Cate Blanchett) was known for both.
She died as she lived - in the pursuit of a story that needed to be told. She may have, indeed been reckless in the pursuit of that story, but her...
(complete Veronica Guerin review by B Movie Ben)
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