| Poison Pen | |
| Director: | Steven Benedict Lorna Fitzsimons Jennifer Shortall |
| Producer: | Áine Coady Sharon Cronin |
| Starring: | Lochlann Ó Mearáin Aoibhinn McGinnity Paul Ronan Aaron Heffernan |
| Music: | Louise Heaney |
| Cinematography: | Penny Merelle Gray |
| Editing: | Richy O' Connell |
| Studio: | Filmbase |
| Runtime: | 95 minutes |
| Country: | Ireland |
| Language: | English |
Poison Pen is a 2014 Irish comedy feature film based on a screenplay by author Eoin Colfer,[1] [2] directed by Steven Benedict, Lorna Fitzsimons and Jennifer Shortall.
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.[3] [4] [5] [6]
The film received mixed reviews, the Chicago Reader described it as "formulaic"[7] whereas The Hollywood Reporter described it as "crafty entertainment".[8] 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."[9]