Trailer for Veronica Guerin
Now that is all well and good and by the sounds of it Guerin's story is a powerful one of a journalist refusing to back down for what she felt was right. The trouble is that for me that doesn't quite come across in "Veronica Guerin" and the only thing I can suggest for this is that "Veronica Guerin" is directed by Joel Schumacher and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. Now Schumacher and Bruckheimer are good at what they do, some of their action thrillers are brilliant but their vision just doesn't convey Guerin's story. Instead what we end up with is a sort of Hollywood-isation of a drama where characters and action is over played instead of delivering the personal drama. ... Read Review