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The Closer You Get (2000) 6.1
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6.1/10 from 1,053 users
Metascore: 44/100
Reviews: 23 user | 42 critic | 18 from Metacritic.com 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 ... See full summary » Director:Aileen Ritchie |
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Kieran O'Donnell
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Ian O'Donnell
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Kate O'Leary
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Ruth McCabe | ... |
Mary Mulligan
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Ewan Stewart | ... |
Pat O'Leary
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Pat Shortt | ... |
Ollie Doyle
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Cathleen Bradley | ... |
Siobhan
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Sean McDonagh | ... |
Sean Mulligan
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Father Hubert Mallone
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Maureen O'Brien | ... |
Dollie Doyle
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Giovanni
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Britta Smith | ... |
Mrs. Duncannon
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Joan Sheehy | ... |
Joan
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Patricia Martin | ... |
Mrs. Lock
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Dessie Gallagher | ... |
Mickey
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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? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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This Spring, it isn't how far you search, it's how well you see. See more »Genres:
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Rated PG-13 for brief language and some sexual material | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
8 September 2000 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
American Women See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
£101,051 (UK) (8 September 2000)Gross:
ESP 63,243,621 (Spain) (29 June 2001)Company Credits
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Written by David Lowe
Performed by Touch & Go
Published by Oval Music
(p) 1998 V2 Music Limited
Licensed courtesy of V2 Music Limited
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Ollie sets his tool chest down outside Mary's store. Then he picks it up and opens the door to enter. The next shot - from inside - shows him entering without the chest. The chest is not seen again. See more »Soundtracks
"Would You?"Written by David Lowe
Performed by Touch & Go
Published by Oval Music
(p) 1998 V2 Music Limited
Licensed courtesy of V2 Music Limited
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A beautiful and worthy film, set in a small and fairly isolated village in Ireland, yet, like the village and its inhabitants, the film is also, sadly, rather forgettable. The people living in this tiny community, whilst optimistic, charismatic and full of life, also realize the dead-end nature of their situation. The men long to travel and meet beautiful women in exotic places. They put an ad in an American publication hoping to attract women to join them for a local dance, but the women fare rather better by attracting the local Spanish fishermen.
The movie could easily have degenerated into Hollywood-style unbelievability but it resists the temptation. The characters, their lives, and how they develop are convincing and moving. The title refers to missing what is important (in love and life) when it is under your nose.
A lovely feelgood movie.