Veronica Guerin

Un espectáculo unipersonal bien interpretado por Cate Blanchett cuyos últimos 10 minutos no dejan seco un ojo, pero la impresión general queda un poco plana. Que el guión haya intentado ser lo más fiel y completo posible a los hechos reales está bien, pero para funcionar como una película realmente convincente, necesitaba asentarse más cómodamente en la vida personal de la protagonista y de los dos villanos principales (en lugar de presentar a los otros cinco intrascendentes). De la investigación de Verónica, que en realidad no llega a ningún punto final de todos modos (por lo que no es tan importante en detalle como en los thrillers de ficción sofisticados), sólo se debería haber sacado lo esencial para construir la película. Se basa en reglas diferentes a las de un reportaje televisivo. Joel Schumacher hizo de la historia de Verónica un testimonio honesto y frío. Ron Howard haría de ella una gran limonada de Hollywood. Preferiría algo intermedio. (12.02.2006)

Whatever anyone says, I consider this a good film based on a true story. In the gripping film set in the drug environment, Cate Blanchett convincingly portrayed a journalist who ultimately paid with her own life in the fight for a better future for her loved ones and the entire nation. If her sacrifice prompted the kind of changes mentioned in the closing credits, it was not in vain. Amen to the memory of the courageous Veronica Guerin. (75%) (07.04.2021)

A boring, calculated movie that turns an amazingly powerful life story about a stubborn journalist into a “Hollywood-style" pleasant biographical movie where everything is white (everything around Veronica), black (the Irish underworld and villains) or simply blackmailing on gut level (kids playing amongst syringes, oh, isn’t that awful, vicar). In terms of workmanship solid, but what good is that if the only real asset is, unsurprisingly, the Cate Blanchett and Ciarán Hinds duo. And they give more like their regular acting performances, rather than excelling especially. I would like to see the same story, preferably with the same cast, in an HBO production. (04.11.2008)

Jerry Bruckheimer, the grand producer of grand films with grand budgets, has ventured into the waters of a civilian film. Veronica Guerin's life, which I know nothing about, was certainly more eventful than what the creators presented in the film. Director Joel Schumacher cannot be criticized for achieving at least a minimal runtime by including unnecessary (the scene with the Irish pub featuring Colin Farrell), gratuitous (the emotionally charged walk among drugged children), and unnecessarily prolonged (the entire ending is presented in slow motion) scenes. Schumacher unwittingly undermines the film right from the start by placing the ending, which should have been at least five seconds longer, in the opening scene. Cate Blanchett's performance in the lead role leaves a tired impression and reduces the level of engagement to almost zero. It’s sufficient as a documentary, but below average as a film drama about human determination. PS: The film features another stunning musical composition by Harry Gregson-Williams. (10.06.2005)