Veronica Guerin (2003)
Why would anyone want to kill Veronica Guerin?
Starring: Barney Barnes, Paudge Behan, Emmet Bergin, Cate Blanchett, Alan Devlin, Colin Farell, Brenda Fricker, Joe Hanley, David Herlihy, Ciaran Hinds, Darragh Kelly, Garrett Keogh, Laurence Kinlan, Gerard McSorley, Niall Toibin, Don Wycherley
Director: Joel Schumacher
Running Time: 98 minutes
US MPAA rating: N/AUK BBFC rating: 18
Crime, Thriller, Biopic
It is easy to dismiss Joel Schumacher as little more than a purveyor of braindead blockbuster trash, responsible as he is for the two worst 'Batman' sequels and for the jaw-droppingly preposterous '8mm' - but he has also been involved in some far quirkier and edgier fare, ranging from 'Flatliners' to 'Falling Down', from 'Tigerland' to '
It's Got: Colin Farrell in a cameo as a tattooed Cantona fan called Spanky McSpank
It Needs: less flute music (we KNOW the setting is Ireland, already), a more considered approach to the IRA
Alternatives: 'The General', 'Ordinary Decent Criminal', 'Divorcing Jack', 'Salvador', 'The Killing Fields'
Summary: An investigative film about a flawed investigative journalist.
Review Date: 31st July 2003
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External Links
Veronica Guerin at the IMDB
