Veronica Guerin

One-woman show bem interpretada por Cate Blanchett, que, embora os últimos 10 minutos não deixem nenhum olho seco, faz a impressão geral um pouco plana. Que o argumento tentou ser o mais verdadeiro e complexo possível em relação aos acontecimentos reais está bem, mas para funcionar como um filme realmente convincente, precisava de se instalar mais confortavelmente na vida pessoal da protagonista e dos dois vilões principais (em vez de apresentar os outros cinco sem importância). Da investigação da Veronica, que de qualquer forma não chega a nenhum ponto de partida (por isso não é tão minuciosamente importante como nos thrillers fictícios sofisticados), apenas o essencial deveria ter sido escolhido para a construção gradual do filme. Esse, afinal, baseia-se em regras diferentes das da reportagem televisiva. Joel Schumacherfez da história de Veronica um testemunho honesto e frio. Ron Howard teria feito dele uma limonada fantástica de Hollywood. Eu preferia algo no meio. (12/02/2006)

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)

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)

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%) (06/04/2021)