Why is the matchmaker rated r

Reviews The Matchmaker. Roger Ebert October 03, Now streaming on:. Powered by JustWatch. Now playing. All is Forgiven Sheila O'Malley. Attica Odie Henderson. Eternals Christy Lemire. Becoming Cousteau Tomris Laffly. Film Credits. Cast Jay O. Garofalo arrives in Ireland in the middle of a matchmaking festival, and the movie unfolds in a series of humorous and also many not-so-homourous situations.

In fact, I was really disappointed with the performance of Denis Leary , whom I normally find somewhat entertaining apart from his profanity. See more at IMDbPro.

Trailer The Matchmaker. Photos Top cast Edit. Jay O. Denis Leary Nick as Nick. Olivia Caffrey Annie as Annie. David King Local Lad No. Sinead Murphy Bettina as Bettina. Mark Joffe. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. A well-dressed, handsome and single young lady, she becomes the center of attention for two professional matchmakers, Dermot and Millie, as well as for bartender Sean. A comedy for the incurably unromantic.

Rated R for language. Unfortunately, instead of just allowing the story to coast along through familiar romantic comedy terrain, the film makers choose to bring back the political sideshow during the final half-hour. This might have been okay had the material been well-written, but it's all trite and derivative. The Matchmaker 's script doesn't offer one observation about the American political process that hasn't been presented many times before, frequently in better movies. Worse still, as this aspect of the plot attains pre-eminence during the closing twenty minutes, Marcy and her romantic situation are crowded out.

Maybe the reason romantic comedy haters are supposed to appreciate this film is because, after a hour's buildup, the love story gets shortchanged. Despite the uneven and potentially-dissatisfying screenplay, there are still a few reasons to see The Matchmaker , chief of which is a trio of finely-tuned performances from Garofalo, David O'Hara who has appeared in the likes of Some Mother's Son and Braveheart , and screen and stage veteran Milo O'Shea, who plays Dermot, the local matchmaker.