The Matchmaker
A comedy for the incurably unromantic.
6.1
52 votes
1997
1h 37m
Comedy
Romance
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.
Directed by Mark Joffe
Top 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
Maria Doyle Kennedy
Sarah Kelly
Saffron Burrows
Moira Kennedy Kelly
Denis Leary
NickO
Olivia Caffrey
Annie
Joan Sheehy
Bus PassengerA
Anne Gildea
Airport AssistantC
Claude Clancy
Michael the Bus DriverJ
James Ryland
Sergeant Riley
David King
Local Lad No. 1N
Niall McDonnell
Local Lad No. 2S
Sinead Murphy
BettinaD
David McDonagh
Little JoeP
Peter Dix
Tony with the 45 Minute Tan
Tommy Tiernan
VinceDetails
Status
Released
Release date
October 3, 1997
Budget
$7M
Revenue
$6M
Language
English
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