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Poison Pen (2014 film)
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Wikipedia article
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| director = Steven Benedict
Lorna Fitzsimons
Jennifer Shortall
| producer = ine Coady
Sharon Cronin
| writer = Eoin Colfer
Graham Cantwell
| based_on =
| starring = Lochlann Mearin
Aoibhinn McGinnity
Paul Ronan
Aaron Heffernan
| music = Louise Heaney
| cinematography = Penny Merelle Gray
| editing = Richy O' Connell
| studio = Filmbase
| released =
| 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, directed by Steven Benedict, Lorna Fitzsimons and Jennifer Shortall.
Synopsis
P.C. Molloy (Lochlann Mearin), a Booker Prizewinning 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.https://www.amazon.com/Poison-Pen-Lochlann-Mearin/dp/B01KMOWBA0
Cast
* Lochlann Mearin 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
Reception
The film received mixed reviews, the 'Chicago Reader' described it as "formulaic" whereas 'The Hollywood Reporter' described it as "crafty entertainment". 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."
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