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Title:The Matchmaker


Date: 1997
Type: Romantic comedy
Rating: 3 Stars 3/5
Colour: Yes
Director: Mark Joffe
Producer:

Comment
The assistant to an American senator is sent to a small Irish town to find his Irish ancestors in an attempt to gain the Irish vote for his election campaign. She arrives in the middle of the annual matchmaking festival and has to avoid various matchmating ploys whilst trying to get the locals to help her. This is an entertaining lightweight romantic comedy that benefits from a good performance by Janeane Garofalo, with support from Milo O'Shea as the matchmaker.

Actors

Janeane GarofaloJaneane Garofalo
David O'Hara
Milo O'SheaMilo O'Shea
Saffron BurrowsSaffron Burrows
Maria Doyle Kennedy

Oscars

None

The Matchmaker