Veronica Guerin (2003)

The story of a real life journalist who dared to expose the murky depths of organised crime in Dublin during the 1990s, at a time when the Gardai (police) were useless or had their hands tied by legislature.
Guerin is written as being either noble or reckless, depending on your point of view of how someone with a young child ought to perform. What’s less up for argument is that she’s a ballsy crusader for justice.
Schumacher keeps it realistic, with violence that’s swift and brutal. There’s a tendency for viewers to pair realism with fact. I don’t know if that’s the case, so I can only judge it as a film. In that respect it’s well-paced, even if the initial intent gets pushed aside somewhat in favour of a drama about who’s the boldest and bravest in a struggle between right and wrong.

3 interventions out of 5