Stars: Janeane Garofalo, Denis Leary, David O'Hara, Milo O'Shea, Adrian Dunbar, Ciaran Hinds, Susan Lynch, Gina McKee, Julie Walters

Director: Mark Joffe

Summary: Features the films THE MATCHMAKER and MICKYBO AND ME, the former of which is set in Ireland, while the latter is set in Northern Ireland.

Features the films THE MATCHMAKER and MICKYBO AND ME, the former of which is set in Ireland, while the latter is set in Northern Ireland.
In THE MATCHMAKER, an acerbic Boston spin doctor (Garofalo) arrives in the rural hamlet of Ballinagra, Ireland in search of local colour to use as fodder in her employer's flagging Senatorial campaign. But what she finds is a rustic nightmare, as her arrival coincides with the town's hectic matchmaking festival. What's more, the local matchmaker has a bet riding on his ability to pair her off with her annoying hotel neighbour, an equally crusty and unwilling novelist.
In MICKYBO AND ME, two boys become friends during the violence of 1970s Belfast and develop a fascination with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

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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. Mendoza

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Interactive menu
Release Date:	March 10, 2008
Runtime:	185 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	8254854
Keywords:	English, Comedy, Me, Drama, Matchmaker, Mickybo
Genre:	Drama