The Matchmaker (1997)
Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews
A comedy for the incurably unromantic.
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.
- Released: 1997-10-03
- Genres: Comedy, Romance
- Runtime: 1h 37m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 6.1/10 from 52 votes
Directed by Mark Joffe.
Top cast
- Janeane Garofalo as Marcy Tizard
- David O'Hara as Sean Kelly
- Milo O'Shea as Dermot O'Brien
- Jay O. Sanders as Senator John McGlory
- Rosaleen Linehan as Millie O'Dowd
- Paul Hickey as Declan Kelly
- Maria Doyle Kennedy as Sarah Kelly
- Saffron Burrows as Moira Kennedy Kelly
- Denis Leary as Nick
- Olivia Caffrey as Annie
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