SPOILERS - I really enjoyed this film, a light romantic comedy set in Ireland. I always like Janeane Garofalo, and here she plays Marcy who is sent by her Senator boss (Jay O Sanders, the 'bad' soccer coach in 'The Big Green') to Ireland to find some of his McGlory relatives, for photo-ops, to help him win the close upcoming election. She gets to the supposed ancestral home, right in the middle of the "Matchmaking Festival", which of course adds to the comedic opportunities. In one scene she has to judge the singing contest at the pub ("must be a single young lady", she is told.)
She never does find the relatives, because the senator's father at the end reveals that "we are from Hungary, it became 'McGlory' at Ellis Island." Still, the senator wins the election, and along the way he picks up his future wife, Sean's 'ex', "Moira Kelly, well that's my married name, I'm Moira Kennedy." (Kennedy, Irish, win election...) Sean (David O'Hara) is of course smitten by Marcy, and at the end, missing her at the airport in Ireland, follows her to Massachusetts. In a 'laugh-out-loud' scene, trying to get Sean to the airport, he and his brother both in leg casts, get into the tiny car, and one of them has his cast sticking out the window. They run off the road and don't get there.
In a touching scene, the old matchmaker is at home, outside, feeding his chicks, when he drops the food dish, and is obviously in trouble. As he gingerly makes his way towards the door of his home, says to himself, "Hold it together, just a little longer." He makes it inside, sits in his favorite chair, looks at the wall of pictures of family and friends, and they later find him dead in his chair. Probably with a smile on his face.
By the very small IMDb vote total, not many people saw this movie. A shame, because it is a very good one, very entertaining.
She never does find the relatives, because the senator's father at the end reveals that "we are from Hungary, it became 'McGlory' at Ellis Island." Still, the senator wins the election, and along the way he picks up his future wife, Sean's 'ex', "Moira Kelly, well that's my married name, I'm Moira Kennedy." (Kennedy, Irish, win election...) Sean (David O'Hara) is of course smitten by Marcy, and at the end, missing her at the airport in Ireland, follows her to Massachusetts. In a 'laugh-out-loud' scene, trying to get Sean to the airport, he and his brother both in leg casts, get into the tiny car, and one of them has his cast sticking out the window. They run off the road and don't get there.
In a touching scene, the old matchmaker is at home, outside, feeding his chicks, when he drops the food dish, and is obviously in trouble. As he gingerly makes his way towards the door of his home, says to himself, "Hold it together, just a little longer." He makes it inside, sits in his favorite chair, looks at the wall of pictures of family and friends, and they later find him dead in his chair. Probably with a smile on his face.
By the very small IMDb vote total, not many people saw this movie. A shame, because it is a very good one, very entertaining.