Film

The Closer You Get

2000 · 1h 33m · Comedy

For five desperate Irishmen, the perfect girl is abroad.

IMDb

6.2

Rotten Tomatoes

32%

Metacritic

44

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?

Ian Hart

Kieran O'Donnell

Sean McGinley

Ian O'Donnell

Niamh Cusack

Kate O'Leary

Ruth McCabe

Mary Mulligan

Ewan Stewart

Pat O'Leary

Pat Shortt

Ollie Doyle

Cathleen Bradley

Siobhan

Sean McDonagh

Sean Mulligan

Risteard Cooper

Father Hubert Mallone

Maureen O'Brien

Dollie Doyle

• Aileen RitchieDirector
• William IvoryScreenplay
• Herbie WaveStory
• Uberto PasoliniProducer
• Mark HuffamProducer
• Polly LeysProducer
• Robert AlazrakiDirector of Photography
• Rachel PortmanOriginal Music Composer
• Sue WyattEditor
• Maureen HughesCasting

The closer you Get (2000) Trailer

Release date

December 27, 2000

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

12

Genres

Comedy