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The Matchmaker

The Matchmaker

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 3, 1997

Runtime

1h 37m

Genres

Comedy, Romance

User Score

62%

Original Title

The Matchmaker

Production Companies

Good Film Company, Working Title Films, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Gramercy Pictures

Director

Mark Joffe

Budget

$7,000,000

Revenue

$6,000,000

Description

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.