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(1 - 34) of 34 OFCS Rating: 58% Rotten Page   1   "Blanchett's brilliant performance captures the essence of this brave, brash Irish icon."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker "Sporting a perfect Irish accent, [Cate Blanchett] imbues the character with a lot more presence than the script (and the director?) called for."   european-films.net   Boyd van Hoeij 9/10 "Tales of positive change and outcry in the face of death are always dicey propositions in film, but Joel Schumacher treats the story with reverence and creates haunting drama."   Modamag.com   Brian Orndorf 3.5/5 "Cate Blanchett is most likely the greatest actress working in film today."   Filmcritic.com   Chris Barsanti 3.5/5 "Cate Blanchett is most likely the greatest actress working in film today."   Filmcritic.com   Christopher Null "Comes off looking stymied by its subject."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs "Cate Blanchett and Joel Schumacher bring us a brutal, but worthwhile, film."   EDGE Boston   David Foucher 3/4 "The movie is driven by a brilliant performance from Cate Blanchett, who becomes Veronica Guerin almost as easily as a caterpillar evolves into a butterfly."   Cinemaphile.org   David Keyes "... wears a paper-thin cloak of artistic pretension as Schumacher shamelessly belabors his self-evident points about drugs and gangsters being Bad Things."   Portland Tribune   Dawn Taylor "Quien eleva el nivel aún más es la excelente Cate Blanchett (...). Que nadie se sorprenda si el año que viene figura entre las candidatas al Oscar."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio C "Why would you make a biopic about someone that showed only her actions, without attempting to show us what drove her to them?"   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider C+ "Impersonal and cold for most of the way, then finishing up with a sudden dose of broad sentimentality."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov C+ "A high-brow docudrama, but one that doesn't transcend the conventions of the genre."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek "Veronica Guerin depicts the efforts of a crusading journalist in Dublin who does the right thing for the wrong reasons as she tries single-handedly to bring down the city's drug trade."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3/4 "With this movie, Cate Blanchett adds another fine performance to her resume."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 5/10 "The Batman butcher seems unable to decide whether to make it a gritty, realistic drama, or sell out and make it all flashy and Hollywood."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 1.5 "Guerin has the outward appearance of a quaint but brutal Irish gem like the works of Jim Sheridan and Neil Jordan, but looks are deceiving"   Bangitout.com   Jordan Hiller 3/5 "Unfortunately, despite having such riveting source material and great actors in all the roles, somewhere, the film falls flat."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery C+ "Blanchett gives a performance that is too breezy and her Veronica often comes across as daftly naive"   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford "My god, the talent. This [Blanchett's] bestest, stunningest, most remarkably surefooted performance ever..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson B- "Curiously uninvolving for a story with so much built-in drama."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 2/4 "The film’s laughably hokey and naïve coda leads us to believe that, as a result of Guerin’s efforts, drugs were forever banished from Dublin."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 2/5 "Por pouco não 'mata' Veronica Guerin pela segunda vez ao macular sua memória."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 3/5 "Blanchett holds the film together gorgeously.... Because of this, you can almost forgive Schumacher for badly over-egging the story."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 3/5 "Blanchett nearly saves it, but it's too much a plastic-Jesus biopic."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves B- "As the story progresses, I would expect an edge of cynicism and caution to enter Guerin's character but Blanchett plays it with an upbeat, optimistic air to the very end."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 6/10 "[Blanchett gives a] powerful, pugnacious performance."   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger 1/4 "Fairly typical Schumacher fare in that it looks okay in an over-processed sort of way, tackles middlebrow concerns with a middlebrow squeamishness, and sucks."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw 2/4 "If you take out Cate Blanchett's amazing performance, you're left with a dull husk of a film from a director who knows little about filmmaking."   Oscar Guy   Wesley Lovell "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf 3/5 "Blanchett's insouciant but steely performance alone makes the film worth watching."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 7/10 Read review   Movie Gazette   Anton Bitel Read review   In the Dark   Jonathan F. Richards Read review   BlackFilm.com   Wilson Morales  (1 - 34) of 34 OFCS Rating: 58% Rotten Page   1