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A comedy for the incurably unromantic. - The Matchmaker
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Title: The Matchmaker

Release Date: 3 Oct 1997

Runtime: 1h 37m

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Director: Good Film Company, Working Title Films, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Gramercy Pictures

Production Companies: Good Film Company, Working Title Films, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Gramercy Pictures

Overview: 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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.2 (46 votes)

Cast

  • Marcy Tizard: Janeane Garofalo
  • Sean Kelly: David O'Hara
  • Dermot O'Brien: Milo O’Shea
  • Senator John McGlory: Jay O. Sanders
  • Millie O'Dowd: Rosaleen Linehan
  • Declan Kelly: Paul Hickey
  • Sarah Kelly: Maria Doyle Kennedy
  • Moira Kennedy Kelly: Saffron Burrows
  • Nick: Denis Leary
  • Annie: Olivia Caffrey
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