Film200398 min

Veronica Guerin

Name: Veronica Guerin
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 2003
Duration: 98 min
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Gerard McSorley, Ciarán Hinds, Brenda Fricker, Don Wycherley

Taste attributes: crimedramathrillerjournalisticbiographydetectiveslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelineargrittyenclosedcomplex relationshipfighting evilrescue/escape/jeopardy

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Boxlist takeA grounded crime thriller that is weighty, smart and small-scale. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: very linear · Look: gritty · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

6.7 /10

TMDB · 199 votes

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Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it

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Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism

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Synopsis

In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then gets in touch with John Traynor, a paranoid informant. Not without some prodding, Traynor leads her to John Gilligan, the ruthless head of the operation, who does not take kindly to Guerin's nosing.

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