The Matchmaker

The Matchmaker

6.1IMDb Score
Released:1997-10-03
Duration:97 min
Director:Mark Joffe
Actors:Janeane Garofalo, David O'Hara, Milo O'Shea, Jay O. Sanders, Rosaleen Linehan
Production:Good Film Company, Working Title Films, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Gramercy Pictures

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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