The Matchmaker
47 reviews
Comedy/Romance
1h 37m
1997
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...
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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.
- DirectorMark Joffe
- Release3 October 1997
- Genre
- Duration1h 37m
- Budget$7,000,000
- Revenue$6,000,000
- Rate47 reviews
- Productions
Good Film Company, Working Title Films, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Gramercy Pictures
Cast

Janeane Garofalo
Marcy Tizard

David O'Hara
Sean Kelly

Milo O’Shea
Dermot O'Brien

Jay O. Sanders
Senator John McGlory

Paul Hickey
Declan Kelly

Maria Doyle Kennedy
Sarah Kelly

Saffron Burrows
Moira Kennedy Kelly

Denis Leary
Nick

Joan Sheehy
Bus Passenger

Tommy Tiernan
Vince

David Kelly
O'Connor

Frankie McCafferty
Jimmy "McGlory"

Stuart Dunne
Head Bang Man

Gerry O'Brien
Fisherman

Conor McDermottroe
Paul

Ned Dennehy
1st Aran Singer

Vincent Walsh
Philip

Owen O'Neill
Garda

Robert Hickey
Michael (Fake McGlory)

Robert Mandan
McGlory Senior

Nancy O'Brien
Journalist
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