The Matchmaker
A comedy for the incurably unromantic.
6.1
52 votes
October 3, 1997
1h 37m
Overview
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.
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Cast
Janeane Garofalo
Marcy Tizard
David O'Hara
Sean Kelly
Milo O'Shea
Dermot O'Brien
Jay O. Sanders
Senator John McGlory
Rosaleen Linehan
Millie O'Dowd
Paul Hickey
Declan Kelly
Maria Doyle Kennedy
Sarah Kelly
Saffron Burrows
Moira Kennedy Kelly
Denis Leary
NickOlivia Caffrey
Annie
Joan Sheehy
Bus PassengerAnne Gildea
Airport AssistantClaude Clancy
Michael the Bus DriverJames Ryland
Sergeant Riley
David King
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