The Snapper
by Stephen Frears
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Actor: Colm Meaney, Eanna MacLiam, Peter Rowen, Ruth McCabe, Tina KellegherDirector: Stephen Frears
Brand: Snapper
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 95 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-12-18
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Miramax
Movie Reviews of The Snapper
Movie Review: Overlooked and underrated follow-up to 'The Commitments'
Summary: 5 Stars
Stephen Frears' adaptation of Roddy Doyle's novel "The Snapper" was released as a TV movie in the UK. Luckily, it's available on DVD. This is a first-class treat all around: Frears has a deserved pedigree as a director of the highest order (among my many favorites are Dirty Pretty Things, The Grifters and The Queen) and Colm Meaney (Intermission) is fabulous, like he always is. He's appeared in all three parts of Doyle's "Barrytown Trilogy" about the Rabbitte family (the trilogy consisting chronologically of The Commitments, this film and The Van [Region 2]). Frears also directed The Van.
This sequencing isn't as obvious in the films for the following reason: Wikipedia points out that "[t]he surname of the Rabbitte family had to be changed to Curley as 20th Century Fox owns the rights to the Rabbitte name from The Commitments, which featured the same characters."
The US cover box is misleading. Is that even Tina Kellegher hiding behind that sheet? It has nothing to do with the movie, which is gritty, funny and endearing. It doesn't require this misdirection, nor does the work of Stephen Frears need to be victimized by tricky marketing.
Summary of The Snapper
One little secret is about to cause a big, big commotion in this hilariously funny hit comedy that has everyone talking! When the oldest daughter of a riotous, close-knit family announces her unexpected pregnancy, everyone wants to know who fathered the "snapper" she's carrying. But the young woman's refusal to reveal anything about her predicament sends the entire town into a tizzy! Critics coast-to-coast praised THE SNAPPER as one of the year's finest and funniest films -- it's sure to deliver nonstop laughs to you!The Snapper may be the funniest film ever made about an unexpected pregnancy. In adapting the second novel of his popular Barrytown Trilogy, Irish author Roddy Doyle brilliantly captures the hilarious dynamics of a working-class family, the virulent gossip of their nosy Dublin neighbors, and the mixed emotions of a young woman on the verge of single motherhood. Sharon (Tina Kellegher) is the 20-year-old daughter of Dessie (Colm Meaney), and her refusal to name the father of her unborn child turns into an escalating crisis that's as traumatic (especially for Dessie) as it is delightfully amusing. The film was directed for British television by Stephen Frears, but its flawless blend of comedy and drama made it worthy of a theatrical release, landing it on many critics' top 10 lists for 1993. Best known as Chief O'Brien on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Meaney mines gold from the role of his career, and his fatherly love turns The Snapper into a heartwarming charmer with universal appeal. --Jeff Shannon
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