The Matchmaker
A comedy for the incurably unromantic.
1997 | 97m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Mark Joffe |
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| Writer: | Louis Nowra, Graham Linehan, Karen Janszen, Greg Dinner |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 03, 1997 |
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| Director: | Mark Joffe |
| Writer: | Louis Nowra, Graham Linehan, Karen Janszen, Greg Dinner |
| Genres: | Comedy, Romance |
| Keywords | irish-american, election campaign, make a match |
| Production Companies | Gramercy Pictures, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Good Film Company, Working Title Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $6,000,000
Budget: $7,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 09, 2025 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 | Nick |
| Olivia Caffrey | Annie |
| Joan Sheehy | Bus Passenger |
| Anne Gildea | Airport Assistant |
| Claude Clancy | Michael the Bus Driver |
| James Ryland | Sergeant Riley |
| David King | Local Lad No. 1 |
| Niall McDonnell | Local Lad No. 2 |
| Sinead Murphy | Bettina |
| David McDonagh | Little Joe |
| Peter Dix | Tony with the 45 Minute Tan |
| Tommy Tiernan | Vince |
| David Kelly | O'Connor |
| Alcemi O'Tani | Japanese Bride |
| Kieran Aherne | MC |
| Frankie McCafferty | Jimmy "McGlory" |
| John Joe Murray | Irish Dancer |
| Stuart Dunne | Head Bang Man |
| Gerry O'Brien | Fisherman |
| Donna O'Faolain | 2nd Aran Singer |
| Jimmy Keogh | O'Hara of Aran Isle |
| Conor McDermottroe | Paul |
| Linda Lee | Campaign Assistant |
| Joe Dillon | Aran Local |
| Ned Dennehy | 1st Aran Singer |
| Vincent Walsh | Philip |
| Ellen Ryan | Philip's Friend |
| Owen O'Neill | Garda |
| Seamus Corcoran | Local Cynic |
| Siobhan Vaughn | Brigid (Fake McGlory) |
| James Hickey | Paddy Jr. (Fake McGlory) |
| Robert Hickey | Michael (Fake McGlory) |
| Robert Mandan | McGlory Senior |
| Nancy O'Brien | Journalist |
| David Ian | "McGlory" MC |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Louis Nowra | Screenplay |
| Graham Linehan | Screenplay |
| John Altman | Original Music Composer |
| Karen Janszen | Screenplay |
| Mark Joffe | Director |
| Ellery Ryan | Director of Photography |
| Nicky Kentish Barnes | Line Producer |
| Greg Dinner | Screenplay |
| Paul Martin Smith | Editor |
| Terry Pritchard | Art Direction |
| Howard Burden | Costume Design |
| Mark Geraghty | Production Design |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Tim Bevan | Producer |
| Liza Chasin | Co-Producer |
| Eric Fellner | Producer |
| Debra Hayward | Co-Producer |
| Luc Roeg | Producer |
| Lyn Goleby | Executive Producer |
| Katy McGuinness | Co-Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 4 |
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| 2024 | 10 | 9 | 26 | 4 |
| 2024 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 2 |
| 2024 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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