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InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

DaVooz This trailer shown in the IMDb page of the Matchmaker is of the Israeli film..

Irishchatter I honestly thought it was rather stupid for an Irish-American rom-com because like, what politician would ask their assistant to travel to Ireland to find their ancestry, wouldn't you think he go there himself? Also appalling to think that the creators who made Sander's character not ask the father if he was Irish but instead was Hungarian?Anyways I'm asking a lot of questions here with this movie haha. The good parts I have to say were the view of the town the movie was set in. As an Irish person living in Ireland since birth, I have never been down there before but would honestly love to check that little town out since it is just so cute and gorgeous! David O'Hara and Janeane Garofalo were such great actors together like they should've dated in real life. Garofalo definitely has changed since then with a lot of tattoos around her arms, still awesome though! I would actually love her and O'Hara to play as a couple again because seriously, they really know how to do it right! Milo O'Shea was brilliant too, its too bad that they had to kill off the character in the middle of the film because he would've saved their relationship.Good movie, 8/10

Lee Eisenberg "The MatchMaker" is part romantic comedy, part political satire. A senator (Jay O. Sanders) trying to pander to voters sends his assistant (Janeane Garofalo) to Ireland to find his relatives. While on the Emerald Isle, she catches the attention of rival matchmakers -- that's for people who match each other, not the objects used to light fires -- and a bartender.The movie puts a spin on what has become the stereotype of the Ireland-themed movie: we have all the things that we associate with Eire, but Garofalo's sarcastic character gives the flick exactly what it needs. It goes to show that a movie can still be funny without being an exercise in scatological humor. I certainly enjoyed it.Also starring Milo O'Shea (Friar Laurence in Franco Zefferelli's "Romeo & Juliet"), Rosaleen Linehan, Denis Leary and David O'Hara (Albert Runcorn in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1").So yes, matchmaker, do make me a match.

eamonnflanagan This movie quickly became a family favourite, so much so that my sons and daughters each have a copy of their own. The movie is watched four or five times a year and none of us ever tire of it.Having watched it so often my children (now adults) know most of the dialogue and from time to time one or the other will launch into a reenactment of one of the scenes, accents and all. While, Garofalo and O'Hara are excellent, it is the remainder of the cast who provide most of the humour - some of the cast are well known here in Ireland, while others are less so. Regardless, their one line deliveries and interactions with one another will crack you up. You just have to see the 'cottage scene with the senator' it is priceless! I still end up laughing uncontrollably every time I see it. They say laughter is good for the 'soul' - watch the Matchmaker and you'll never have to worry about the state of its health!