ComedyRomance
The Matchmaker
"A comedy for the incurably unromantic."
User Score48 votes
62%6.2/10
Release1997→
Runtime1H 37M
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Synopsis
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.
Principal Cast8
Janeane Garofalo
Marcy Tizard
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
Media8
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Director
Mark Joffe
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Box Office
Budget$7M
Revenue$6M
Certification
RKeywords
election campaignirish-americanmake a match
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Countries:United KingdomUnited States of America
Production:Good Film CompanyWorking Title FilmsPolyGram Filmed EntertainmentGramercy Pictures