Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

FountainPen A flawed motion picture, from Cate Blanchett's faulty Irish accent to the hideous screeching song played at the end of the flick (sung by a child??). I didn't find anything heroic about this woman, a journalist hell-bent on exposing the drug trade, all caution thrown to the hackneyed wind. She was a totally reckless person, witness her shameful list of speeding tickets, e.g. 108 mph, then a month later 104 mph, plus almost 1,200 parking tickets, no concern over the safety of other road users... additionally she took no precautions re her personal safety or that of her husband or even the safety of her little boy... she answered knocking on her door blithely, no peep hole, no safety chain. It was very easy to get the point that this person was on a mission, virtually a crusade, and she ended up paying the inevitable price, after chasing down the criminals and confronting them at their places of business and their homes, relentlessly, with no consideration of potential consequences, even after direct, overt, blood-curdling threats to her and her child from the criminals. Cinematography was well done, the story was simple to follow. How much of the movie was true and how much was "Hollywood" I do not know, but I found a few things impossible to understand, such as why a judge would let this woman off with a GB£100 fine when she was brought to court for her speeding and parking offences. The maximum speed limit in the UK and Ireland is 70 mph (on highways). Surely doing 108 one month and 104 the next should mean a long suspension of the offender's driving licence? Wouldn't her husband have been more concerned about her safety and their little son's? Wouldn't he have had some security devices installed in their home? WHY did she feel it necessary to flex her muscles by driving at highly excessive speeds continually? And at the same time using her cellphone (mobile phone)??? The graphic violence was convincingly well-done, but I would have liked some insight into her character and personality, ditto those of hubby's. Overall, an unsatisfactory film, far from a tribute to this "dedicated" journalist. Not recommended. #

suavis Thank you Mr. Schumacher for making this movie about a very brave woman. I loved watching this movie. It is a movie which was based and documented bu the real facts. So it makes watching this movie a real wonderful experience that moves everyone watching in many ways.Cate Blanchett did a perfect job in impersonating Veronica Guerin.More than one journalist deserves such a movie ........But one is high above my list, therefore my request : Please Mr. Schumacher : make such a beautiful movie about Anna Politkovskaja who dared criticize Poetin. Thank you for the beautiful film anyway.

Framescourer It's a funny sort of film that's designed to document the life of a significant individual - yet gives you the impression that she was more important than it has portrayed her. This is how I left this artful yet somewhat lightweight movie describing the later life and work of Veronica Guerin, a reporter investigating the drug trade on the periphery of the troubles shortly before the Good Friday agreement was reached.A voice-over at the coda of the film has to makeweight where the film itself has left out ballast. The performances are solid - more so in the case of Cate Blanchett herself whose Irish accent is impeccable, and whose buzzing, boyish energy seems utterly fluent and credible. Yet the baddies seem simply neurotic and the good guys drawn into Guerin's vortex of investigative graft maintain their distance. There's no tipping point, save two moments of drama - these are simply stock in trade.It's a useful document and a competent film but it just doesn't have the gravitational pull that the woman clearly did. 5/10

Lumikinos I was expecting this movie to be much better. Unrealistic, boring, packed with low action tricks, very emotionless as a drama though dealing with such a painful topic. For me this has been the worst and very annoying performance of Cate Blanchett since the Bandits, though she is one of my favorites. Neither do other actors give a impressive performance. There are some good names in this movie, but almost everyone failed to capture by acting. I don't know if the portrayal of the characters was accurate, but their behavior is just so not realistic, as well as some events. The ending is too long and boring, too. I was really surprised how bad this film turned out to be.