The Matchmaker (1997)

10/03/1997 (GB) • 1h 37m

Comedy, Romance

A comedy for the incurably unromantic.

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.

Top Billed Cast

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

Saffron Burrows

Moira Kennedy Kelly


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$7,000,000.00

Revenue

$6,000,000.00

Keywords

election campaign

irish-american

make a match

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