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61% Critic Match
The Matchmaker
“A comedy for the incurably unromantic.”
6.1 / 10• 1997• 1h 37m•R• English
ComedyRomance
Storyline
Marcy, a worker in the reelection campaign of bumbling Senator John McGlory, is sent to Ireland on a quest to find the Irish ancestry of Sen. McGlory, to help him win the Irish vote. But when Marcy arrives in the small village of Ballinagra, she finds herself in the middle of a matchmaking festival, and the local matchmaker is determined to pair her off with one of the local bachelors.
Cast & Crew
Janeane Garofalo
Marcy Tizard
Lead
David O'Hara
Sean Kelly
Milo O'Shea
Dermot O'Brien
Jay O. Sanders
Senator John McGlory
Rosaleen Linehan
Millie O'Dowd
Paul Hickey
Declan Kelly
Maria Doyle Kennedy
Sarah Kelly
Saffron Burrows
Moira Kennedy Kelly
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Mark Joffe's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Matchmaker is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
