Poison Pen (2014 film)

Poison Pen
Directed bySteven Benedict
Lorna Fitzsimons
Jennifer Shortall
Written byEoin Colfer
Graham Cantwell
Produced byÁine Coady
Sharon Cronin
StarringLochlann Ó Mearáin
Aoibhinn McGinnity
Paul Ronan
Aaron Heffernan
CinematographyPenny Merelle Gray
Edited byRichy O' Connell
Music byLouise Heaney
Production
company
Filmbase
Release date
  • 11 July 2014 (2014-07-11) (Galway Film Fleadh)[1][2]
Running time
95 minutes
CountryIreland
LanguageEnglish

Poison Pen is a 2014 Irish comedy feature film based on a screenplay by author Eoin Colfer,[3][4] 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.[5][6][7][8]

Cast

Reception

The film received mixed reviews, the Chicago Reader described it as "formulaic"[9] whereas The Hollywood Reporter described it as "crafty entertainment".[10] 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."[11]

References

  1. ^ "The CRAIC on Friday July 11th, 2014". 10 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Eoin Colfer | First Editions".
  3. ^ Colfer, Eoin. "Eoin Colfer - Author of Artemis Fowl, Plugged, The Supernaturalist, And Another Thing and more - Eoin Colfer - Author". eoincolfer.com. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Poison Pen - Ojai Film Festival". ojaifilmfestival.com. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  5. ^ "26th Galway Film Fleadh 08-13 July 2014". archive.org. 8 August 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Irish Film: Production begins on the Eoin Colfer scripted Poison Pen - Scannain". scannain.com. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Poison Pen". 1 October 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2017 – via IMDb.
  8. ^ "'Poison Pen': Virginia Film Festival Review". hollywoodreporter.com. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  9. ^ Sachs, Ben (26 February 2015). "Poison Pen". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  10. ^ "'Poison Pen': Virginia Film Festival Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  11. ^ "Poison Pen – Review of Irish Film at the Galway Film Fleadh - Film Ireland". filmireland.net. Retrieved 2017-06-11.


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