The Matchmaker

The Matchmaker

A comedy for the incurably unromantic.

1997•1h 37m•6.2/10

ComedyRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.2/10(48)

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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Production

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

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Janeane Garofalo

Janeane Garofalo

Marcy Tizard

David O'Hara

David O'Hara

Sean Kelly

Milo O'Shea

Milo O'Shea

Dermot O'Brien

Jay O. Sanders

Jay O. Sanders

Senator John McGlory

Rosaleen Linehan

Rosaleen Linehan

Millie O'Dowd

Paul Hickey

Paul Hickey

Declan Kelly

Maria Doyle Kennedy

Maria Doyle Kennedy

Sarah Kelly

Saffron Burrows

Saffron Burrows

Moira Kennedy Kelly

Denis Leary

Denis Leary

Nick

Olivia Caffrey

Annie

Joan Sheehy

Joan Sheehy

Bus Passenger

Anne Gildea

Airport Assistant

Claude Clancy

Michael the Bus Driver

James Ryland

Sergeant Riley

David King

Local Lad No. 1

Niall McDonnell

Local Lad No. 2

Sinead Murphy

Bettina

David McDonagh

Little Joe

Peter Dix

Tony with the 45 Minute Tan

Tommy Tiernan

Vince

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