The Matchmaker
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Actor: David O'Hara, Janeane Garofalo, Jay O. Sanders, Milo O'Shea, Rosaleen LinehanDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
DVD Release Date: 1998-03-10
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Polygram Video
DVD Reviews of The Matchmaker
DVD Review: A Match Made In Ireland....
Summary: 4 Stars
This review refers to the Universal DVD edition of "The Matchmaker".....
Funny and romantic, sweet and charming, an unlikely but brillantly witty leading lady and the beauty of Ireland combine to make this little film a definate keeper! This one very much reminds me of those wonderful romantic screwball comedies of the 30's and 40's.
Marci Tizard(Janeane Garofalo) is sent on on assignment by her boss, a Senator from Boston Mass, who is in dire need of some help getting re-elected. The assignment...to find the Senator McGlory's relatives in a small Brigadoonesque village in Ireland. Marci lands smack dab in the middle of a matchmaking festival and must ward off suitors in her quest to find the senator's roots. The towns people are charming but quirky, and there is one in particular that gets under Marci's skin. A cynical ex-journalist(David O'Hara) matches wits with her and it's a match made in heaven(or Ireland).
Also starring is the wonderful Milo O'Shea as "The Matchmaker", who cleverly tries to bring these two together. The laughs are non stop and will leave you smiling for some time afterwards. It was directed by Mark Joffe and has a terrific atmospheric soundtrack as well.
There are a couple editions of this DVD and the one I am reviewing has a picture of Janeane Garofalo with the beautiful hills of Ireland in the background and it is in the middle of a white building. Milo O'shea is standing on the ground, the title is is red with a clover in the name. I describe it in detail because the tech info here differs on some aspects. The studio of production is Universal (not USA). The film which was shot on location in glorious Ireland has been given a beautiful transfer and may be viewed in widescreen(2.35:1) or the standard format. Excellent surround sound in DD5.1 lets you hear every detail. There's not alot in the way of extras, but there are some cast bios and filmographies and Closed Captioning in English as well as subtitles in French and Spanish and some theatrical trailers.
The film is rated R for some langauge.
Great fun, a very enjoyable hour and 40 minutes..go for it...Laurie
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Description 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. MendozaBestsellers in DVD
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