The Matchmaker
by Mark Joffe
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Actor: David O'Hara, Janeane Garofalo, Jay O. Sanders, Milo O'Shea, Rosaleen LinehanDirector: Mark Joffe
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 97 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-01-07
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of The Matchmaker
Movie Review: Funny, Warm and Smart
Summary: 5 Stars
Loved it! I will skip the story synopsis since other reviewers have covered it very well so I'll say that this is not your typical romantic comedy and thank goodness for that.
Janeane Garofalo ad David O'Hara are ideal actors for characters that are smart and funny with just the right amount of cynicism and vulnerability under the surface to make them seem real, relatable. They reminded me of people I actually know. Very refreshing.
And what I found REALLY refreshing was to see the male lead actively and very directly chase the girl (like a man is supposed to, lol) and the female lead while not initially receptive, was also not a bitter, angry shrew. There's conflict of course, or we wouldn't be interested in watching, but again, because the characters are well written and well cast, there's no need for an over the top situation to keep the couple apart and somehow, lo and behold, the audience still roots for them to get together! Finally, a modern romantic comedy that doesn't rely on the lead characters having to fight and bicker for 45 minutes to an hour before hooking up.
It doesn't hurt that there's a talented supporting cast that includes Denis Leary and that the film was shot on location in Ireland so the scenery is beautiful. The music is great too.
For an incognito romantic like myself, this one is a keeper.
Summary of The Matchmaker
As she does in The Truth About Cats and Dogs, Janeane Garofalo proves she's a capable leading lady--beautiful, charming, self-effacing, and what used to be referred to as sharp as a tack. Garofalo plays Marcy, aide to dim Massachusetts senator McGlory (Jay O. Sanders). Denis Leary is appropriately slimy as a fellow aide. The senator and Nick dispatch Marcy to the remote (and fictitious) Irish town of Ballinagra, where she's supposed to unearth relatives to use in the senator's PR campaign. Along the way, Marcy not only encounters the eccentric locals, but finds herself in the maelstrom of the town's annual matchmaking festival. The single Marcy inadvertently catches the eye of the movie's eponymous matchmaker Dermot (a captivating Milo O'Shea). Dermot senses sparks between Marcy and the equally cynical, recently returned local boy, Sean (David O'Hara), once a successful journalist who's returned home to work on a book. The intimacies of the small town, the relationships between the locals, and the dialogue are credible and engaging. Look for beautiful cinematography and music, too. Also notable is the movie's ability to convey the feel of a foreign film while injecting humor that's both sarcastically American and yet Irish in trademark. --N.F. MendozaArt House & International DVD Video
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