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The Closer You Get
Irish lads send an ad to the Miami Herald inviting fit and enticing women, between the ages of 20 and 21, to live in their isolated Donegal village. The whole town knows about the ad, and it sharpens everyone's sense of the opportunities for happiness already at hand. Kate, a publican with a young daughter, is separating from her husband and catches the eye of a bachelor sheep farmer. Kieran the butcher realizes that his assistant Siobhan is comely, and then he discovers she's fiery as well. Ollie sends off for Dutch skin magazines that the village postmistress won't release to him. The men, and women, find counsel in their movie-loving priest. Will anyone answer the ad?
| Release : | 2000 |
| Rating : | 6.2 |
| Studio : | Fox Searchlight Pictures, Redwave Films, |
| Crew : | Director, Producer, |
| Cast : | Ian Hart Sean McGinley Niamh Cusack Ruth McCabe Ewan Stewart |
| Genre : | Comedy |
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Undescribable Perfection
To me, this movie is perfection.
Good movie but grossly overrated
A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.
This movie is one of few that I have watched many many times. I love the cast and story. The characters are everyday folk that seem very real and familiar. Its a great look at the rural northwest Irish coast. I wish more movies of this type were made more often, so that people from other countries could see how things around the world are different and yet the same. If you have not seen this film I say you must if you really like movies. It was not released on DVD that I know of in the United States, but can be purchased from the UK in region two code also I think the only VHS versions were PAL. If you can't find it e-mail me at [email protected] and I will try and get you a copy.
This movie represents the reality of the villages in Ireland. A reality that is very similar to my country, Galicia, the northwest part of Spain and a land that, surprisingly, is very similar in nature to Ireland.The movie talks about the ambitions and hopes of ordinary people in a village and the idea to go abroad and know the world. But the hopes are most of the times unrealistic and your dreams don´t let you see that what you have closer is what you need.May be the worst part is the very typical representation of the Spanish sailors (singing "flamenco" with guitars). Most of the sailors of Spain are from the north, a part in which the popular music is not based in the famous "flamenco".
This is a wonderfully sensitive and human film, well scripted, well acted, superbly directed. And so what if the women come out as the winners. It's a delightful story of sexual awakening, done in a charming, cheeky Irish style. Provocative yet tasteful. Funny yet serious. One of those rare films in which everything works!
I think that this film achieved what it meant to do. It isn't a blockbuster - simply a great laugh, with a slightly far fetched story line and engaging characters.The story is a simple one; the lack of available female companionship for the local lads of a rural Irish village and the twist comes when the ladies in the village add their own "twist" to the tale. The lesson isn't mindblowing ... but its obvious that the love interest both sexes search for is right under their own noses.The comedy is rapid and continuous, not too taxing on the brain. I laughed from soon after the opening sequences finished. Some funny performances to watch out for. Niamh Cusacks performance and her interaction with her daughter, played by Deborah Barnett is touching and both performances are excellent. I think the latter is a local girl and I'm sure she has a future in the business, in fact both children in the film have natural talent.I laughed, I enjoyed myself and I didnt take it seriously. Go see.
