Veronica Guerin

Du côté de Cate Blanchett, la one-woman show est très bien jouée, même si les 10 dernières minutes ne laisseront pas les yeux secs, l'impression générale reste un peu plate. Il est bien que le scénario tente d'être aussi intime et complexe que possible par rapport aux événements réels, mais pour fonctionner comme un film réellement impressionnant, il aurait fallu qu'il s'installe plus confortablement dans la vie personnelle de l'héroïne principale et des deux antagonistes principaux (au lieu d'introduire cinq autres personnages insignifiants). De l'enquête de Veronica, qui ne mène finalement nulle part (donc elle n'est pas aussi importante en détail que dans les thrillers sophistiqués fictifs), seules les choses essentielles pour le développement du film auraient dû être sélectionnées. Après tout, un film suit d'autres règles qu'un reportage télévisé. Joel Schumacher a fait de l'histoire de Veronica un témoignage honnête et froid. Ron Howard en aurait fait une superproduction hollywoodienne sensationnelle. J'aimerais quelque chose entre les deux. (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)

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)