Poison Pen (2014 film)
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| name = Poison Pen
| image = Poison Pen (2014 film).jpeg
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| director = Steven Benedict
Lorna Fitzsimons
Jennifer Shortall
| producer = Áine Coady
Sharon Cronin
| writer = Eoin Colfer
Graham Cantwell
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| starring = Lochlann Ó Mearáin
Aoibhinn McGinnity
Paul Ronan
Aaron Heffernan
| music = Louise Heaney
| cinematography = Penny Merelle Gray
| editing = Richy O' Connell
| studio = Filmbase
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2014|07|11|Galway Film Fleadh|ref1={{Cite web|url=https://divmedia.wixsite.com/thecraicingalway/single-post/2014/07/10/The-CRAIC-on-Friday-July-11th-2014|title = The CRAIC on Friday July 11th, 2014|date = 10 July 2014}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.harringtonbooks.co.uk/pages/author/347/eoin-colfer/|title=Eoin Colfer | First Editions}}}}
| runtime = 95 minutes
| country = Ireland
| language = English
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Poison Pen is a 2014 Irish comedy feature film based on a screenplay by author Eoin Colfer,{{cite web|url=http://www.eoincolfer.com|title=Eoin Colfer - Author of Artemis Fowl, Plugged, The Supernaturalist, And Another Thing and more - Eoin Colfer - Author|first=Eoin|last=Colfer|work=eoincolfer.com|accessdate=10 March 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ojaifilmfestival.com/movies/poison-pen/|title=Poison Pen - Ojai Film Festival|work=ojaifilmfestival.com|accessdate=10 March 2017}} directed by Steven Benedict, Lorna Fitzsimons and Jennifer Shortall.
Synopsis
P.C. Molloy (Lochlann Ó Mearáin), a Booker Prize–winning author, is coerced into writing for a tabloid gossip magazine. Cultures clash and sparks fly as the cerebral Molloy finds himself immersed in the world of vain celebrities and he begins to fall for his boss (Aoibhinn McGinnity). Poison Pen asks questions about the nature of celebrity, integrity and deception.{{cite web|url=http://www.galwayfilmfleadh.com/programme.php?fest=10&ct=new-irish-cinema&cid=2&t=poison-pen&id=1179|title=26th Galway Film Fleadh 08-13 July 2014|date=8 August 2014|work=archive.org|accessdate=10 March 2017|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808043223/http://www.galwayfilmfleadh.com/programme.php?fest=10&ct=new-irish-cinema&cid=2&t=poison-pen&id=1179|archivedate=8 August 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://scannain.com/irish/irish-film-production-begins-on-the-eoin-colfer-scripted-poison-pen/|title=Irish Film: Production begins on the Eoin Colfer scripted Poison Pen - Scannain|date=7 April 2014|work=scannain.com|accessdate=10 March 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3681078/?ref_=nm_flmg_prd_2|title=Poison Pen|date=1 October 2014|publisher=|accessdate=10 March 2017|via=IMDb}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/poison-pen-virginia-film-festival-748011|title='Poison Pen': Virginia Film Festival Review|work=hollywoodreporter.com|date=10 November 2014|accessdate=10 March 2017}}
Cast
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- Lochlann Ó Mearáin as PC Molloy
- Aoibhinn McGinnity as April
- Paul Ronan as Darcy
- Aaron Heffernan as Kurt
- Susan Loughnane as Shona
- Lauryn Canny as Sally
- Mary Murray as Dora
- Gemma-Leah Devereux as Eva
- Ryan O'Shaughnessy as Piers
- Sophie Vavasseur as Jessica
- Lyn Larkin as Julie
- Siobhan Bolton as Popstar
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Reception
The film received mixed reviews, the Chicago Reader described it as "formulaic"{{Cite web|url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/poison-pen/Film?oid=16660075|title=Poison Pen|last=Sachs|first=Ben|website=Chicago Reader|date=26 February 2015|language=en|access-date=2017-03-24}} whereas The Hollywood Reporter described it as "crafty entertainment".{{Cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/poison-pen-virginia-film-festival-748011|title='Poison Pen': Virginia Film Festival Review|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2017-03-24|language=en}} Diarmaid Blehein of Film Ireland considered it a " ... quirky comedy that sucks us in to the grizzly world of magazine journalism, while at the same time entertains us immensely."{{Cite web|url=http://filmireland.net/2014/07/16/poison-pen-review-of-irish-film-at-the-galway-film-fleadh/|title=Poison Pen – Review of Irish Film at the Galway Film Fleadh - Film Ireland|website=filmireland.net|access-date=2017-06-11}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|tt3681078}}
{{Eoin Colfer}}
Category:2010s English-language films
Category:English-language comedy films
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