The Matchmaker ( 1997 film ) - wikipedia The Matchmaker ( 1997 film ) This article is about the 1997 film. For other uses, see Matchmaker ( disambiguation ). The Matchmaker Theatrical release poster Directed by Mark Joffe Produced by Tim Bevan Eric Fellner Luc Roeg Screenplay by Karen Janszen Louis Nowra Graham Linehan Based on Original screenplay by Greg Dinner Starring Janeane Garofalo David O'Hara Milo O'Shea Denis Leary Music by John Altman Cinematography Ellery Ryan Edited by Paul Martin Smith Production company PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Working Title Films Distributed by Gramercy Pictures Release date 3 October 1997 ( 1997 - 10 - 03 ) Running time 97 minutes Country Ireland Language English Box office $3,392,080 The Matchmaker is a 1997 romantic comedy film set in Ireland and starring Janeane Garofalo. Contents 1 Plot 2 Reception 2.1 Box office 2.2 Critical response 3 Cultural references 4 Music 5 References 6 External links Plot Marcy Tizard ( Janeane Garofalo ) is assistant to Senator John McGlory ( Jay O. Sanders ) from Boston, Massachusetts. In an attempt to court the Irish - American vote in a tough re-election battle, the bumbling senator 's chief of staff, Nick ( Denis Leary ), sends Marcy to Ireland to find McGlory 's relatives or ancestors. Marcy arrives at the fictional village of Ballinagra ( Irish : Baile na Grá, literally the Town of Love ) as it is preparing for the annual matchmaking festival. She attracts the attention of two rival professional matchmakers, Dermot ( Milo O'Shea ) and Millie ( Rosaleen Linehan ), as well as roguish bartender Sean ( David O'Hara ). The locals tolerate her genealogical search while trying to match her with various bachelors. Sean tries to woo Marcy despite her resistance to his boorish manners. After they have begun their romance, they return home to Sean 's house one afternoon to find his estranged wife Moira ( Saffron Burrows ) waiting for them. Marcy leaves Sean, upset that he did not disclose his marriage to her. McGlory and Nick arrive in Ballinagra, although Marcy 's been unable to locate any McGlory relatives. McGlory discovers Sean 's wife 's maiden name is Kennedy and brings her back to Boston as his fiancée just in time for the election, and wins by a small margin. While at the victory party, McGlory 's father ( Robert Mandan ) reveals privately to Marcy that the family is Hungarian, not Irish. The family name had been changed at Ellis Island when they immigrated, but as they settled in Boston with its large Irish population, he never told his son their true lineage. Sean follows Marcy to Boston, and they reconcile. Reception Box Office The film earned $1,378,930 in its first weekend and had a total gross of $3,392,080 in 705 theatres. Critical response Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a score of 52 % based on reviews from 27 critics, with an average rating of 5.5 out of 10 reviews. Roger Ebert gives the film 3 out of 4 stars. Ebert praises Garofalo, calling her `` one of the most engaging actresses around '' and admiring her balance of `` her cynical intelligence and the warmth of her smile ''. Ebert finds the Irish centre of the film charming and says the Boston bookends are distracting. The Irish Independent notes : `` Bad things happen whenever Hollywood and Ireland collide and this rather thin comedy is no exception '' but say the film is helped by the central performance of Janeane Garofalo. In a 2003 interview, when asked what films from her career she was happiest with, Garofalo included The Matchmaker among the few films she mentioned. Cultural references Marcy 's expectations clash with a host of colourful rural Irish characters in the tradition of such other works as The Irish R.M. Filming took place on location in the town of Roundstone, County Galway. Besides the personalities of the villagers, the film establishes a sense of place through a generous use of village scenes, the local surrounding farms and a trip to the Aran Islands, with cavorting near Dún Aengus. Worked into the story is a parody of Senator John Kerry 's family background. His paternal grandfather was from Eastern Europe, picking a new name once arriving in America and blending into the Irish Catholic community in Boston. Music Irish music is heard frequently throughout, both as background music and in scenes where it is performed live as when an Irishman ( Vincent Walsh ) competes for a kiss from Marcy with his sean nós rendition of `` Raglan Road ''. The soundtrack features `` Haunted '' by Shane MacGowan and Sinéad O'Connor. `` Irish Heartbeat '' by Van Morrison and The Chieftains plays over the end credits... References Jump up ^ `` The Matchmaker ''. Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 17 December 2006. Jump up ^ `` The Matchmaker ''. Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Jump up ^ Ebert, Roger. `` The Matchmaker Movie Review & Film Summary ( 1997 ) - Roger Ebert ''. www.rogerebert.com. Jump up ^ `` Film Highlights Wednesday - Independent.ie ''. Jump up ^ Robinson, Tasha. `` Janeane Garofalo ''. Jump up ^ `` Funny Bone - Independent.ie ''. External links The Matchmaker on IMDb The Matchmaker at Box Office Mojo The Matchmaker at Rotten Tomatoes The Matchmaker at Roger Ebert MovieWeb.com Interview with director Mark Joffe Movie stills AllWatchers.com Graham Linehan TV series created Paris Father Ted Big Train Hippies Black Books The IT Crowd The Walshes Count Arthur Strong Motherland Films directed Hello Friend See also Ted and Ralph The Day Today The Ladykillers ( play ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Matchmaker_(1997_film)&oldid=823540029 '' Categories : 1997 films English - language films 1990s romantic comedy films Irish independent films Irish films Irish comedy films Films directed by Mark Joffe PolyGram Filmed Entertainment films Working Title Films films Films produced by Eric Fellner Films produced by Tim Bevan Hidden categories : EngvarB from September 2017 Use dmy dates from September 2017 Articles containing Irish - language text Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Français Magyar Nederlands Edit links This page was last edited on 1 February 2018, at 21 : 38 ( UTC ). 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Question: where was the movie the matchmaker filmed in ireland
Answer: Roundstone, County Galway