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2014 Irish film

Poison Pen

Directed by	Steven Benedict Lorna Fitzsimons Jennifer Shortall
Written by	Eoin Colfer Graham Cantwell
Produced by	Áine Coady Sharon Cronin
Starring	Lochlann Ó Mearáin Aoibhinn McGinnity Paul Ronan Aaron Heffernan
Cinematography	Penny Merelle Gray
Edited by	Richy O' Connell
Music by	Louise Heaney
Production company	Filmbase
Release date	11 July 2014 (2014-07-11) (Galway Film Fleadh)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Ireland
Language	English

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 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.

Cast

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

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."

References

"The CRAIC on Friday July 11th, 2014". 10 July 2014.
"Eoin Colfer | First Editions".
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.
"Poison Pen - Ojai Film Festival". ojaifilmfestival.com. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
"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.
"Irish Film: Production begins on the Eoin Colfer scripted Poison Pen - Scannain". scannain.com. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
"Poison Pen". 1 October 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2017 – via IMDb.
"'Poison Pen': Virginia Film Festival Review". hollywoodreporter.com. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
Sachs, Ben (26 February 2015). "Poison Pen". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
"'Poison Pen': Virginia Film Festival Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
"Poison Pen – Review of Irish Film at the Galway Film Fleadh - Film Ireland". filmireland.net. Retrieved 2017-06-11.

External links

Poison Pen at IMDb

Works by Eoin Colfer

The Fowl Adventures

Artemis Fowl	Artemis Fowl (2001) The Arctic Incident (2002) The Eternity Code (2003) The Opal Deception (2005) The Lost Colony (2006) The Time Paradox (2008) The Atlantis Complex (2010) The Last Guardian (2012)
The Fowl Twins	The Fowl Twins (2019) Deny All Charges (2020) Get What They Deserve (2021)

The Legend of…

Other novels

The Wish List (2001)
The Supernaturalist (2004)
Half Moon Investigations (2006)
Click (2007)
Airman (2008)
And Another Thing... (2009)
Plugged (2011)

Screenplays

Poison Pen (2014)

Adaptations

Half Moon Investigations (2009 television series)
Artemis Fowl (2020 film)

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