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| ACTORS: | Colm Meaney, Tina Kellegher |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Stephen Frears |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 03 December, 1993 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Miramax Home Entertainment |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-comedy |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 717951005229 |
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Customer Reviews of The Snapper
Wickedly funny Based on the second book in Roddy Doyle's Dublin trilogy, The Snapper is a wickedly funny glimpse into the lives of a working class Irish family. The eldest daughter of a large family becomes pregnant and refuses to name the father. Not your traditional comic premise, but in this case it works beautifully. The characters are fully developed and presented in such a manner that you care deeply about them, and experience their pain as well as their joy. Veteran actor Colm Meaney (Star Trek DS9), who appears in the other two films that make up the trilogy (The Commitments and The Van), masterfully carries the story as the father of the unruly brood. He comes across as a good man who tries to do the right thing and loves his family, but is painfully human at every turn. The rest of the cast is mostly unknown but very believable and capable. I highly recommend this film (and the books, too). It may be the closest you ever get to Dublin without actually crossing the Atlantic.
A rare combination of poignant drama and heartwarming comedy
This film is among my Movie Top 10 of all time, and shall not slide from it, ever. The storyline is not much happier than, say, that of The Scarlet Letter... but still, what a wonderful outcome! Colm Meaney is absolutely ingenious as the grumpy but loving father. Tina Kellegher exhibits a brilliant performance as the "star-crossed" young mother-to-be, and all the other actors draw up wonderfully lively characters. In spite of a little bit abrupt ending, the film offers a hilarious picture of the Dublin family and suburb life. It's so human, so charming... An absolute hit in Hungary as well! You've just got to see it!
A realistic view into an Irish home.
No other film has ever captured the zeitgeist of Irish life as well as the snapper. Roddy Doyle was teaching in a North Dublin working class school when he wrote this book. Much of the dialoge that you hear in the film is directly out of the mouths of his students.
What you see in this film is as close as an outsider is ever likely to come to an understanding of working class Irish life. The unmarried daughter giving birth accounts for 1 in four of all children born today in Ireland. This is as real a situation as you can have. The language, the wit, the sarcasm and the lifestyle are all iminently recognised by Irish people as being true to daily life.
The bonus of the Snapper is that you get a bellyaching laugh at the same time. There are few films as funny as this.
Absolutely brilliant!