Australian actress Cate Blanchett dominates this powerful biopic about the crusading Irish journalist who took on the Dublin mob and paid dearly. Blanchett is mesmerizing as Guerin, who ignored warnings, threats and physical attacks in her quest to bring to justice drug lords who were preying on Irish youth. Brenda Fricker also stands out as Guerin's concerned mother. Gerard McSorley, Ciaran Hinds.