The weekend arrives to mixed reviews

Saw Veronica Guerin today....

Really mixed feelings abou this one. I have to laugh at myself because for the most part (being 1/2 Irish and 1/2 Italian) - I am all about the Irish side (with of course the exception that, like my mother, I am an excellent cook; and I have to tell you that even though my dad was an excellent cook too, Italian food leaves Irish food miles behind if you ask me)

So back to this film...

It was extremely hard to watch - I was crying at several points. I was angered and shocked. Then I began thinking about what Veronica was allowed to do - and I just could not help but feel that her death was as senseless and unnecessary, as the use of the drugs she was tying so hard to keep away from the teens of Dublin. The best review I read on this (just now) can be found here - on the whole it left me with a really bad taste in my mouth. As much as I wanted to admire this brave woman and her work - I could not help but feel that she crossed lines that she simply did not need to cross.