The Snapper DVD 1993 Region 1 US Import NTSC: Amazon.co.uk: Colm Meaney, Tina Kellegher, Ruth McCabe, Eanna MacLiam, Peter Rowen, Joanne Gerrard, Colm O'Byrne, Ciara Duffy, Fionnuala Murphy, Dierdre O'Brien, Karen Woodley, Pat Laffan, Virginia Cole, Denis Menton, Brendan Gleeson, Stephen Frears: DVD

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Modern Classic!, 14 Dec 2003

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The Snapper is perhaps the best Irish Comedy to have ever hailed from the shores of this tiny Island. Not only are the characters fully developed, interesting, intruiging, loving and human - they are unforgettably watchable. This is a movie that you can watch over and over and over and still never tire of it! What differs the most about this Irish movie compared to others is that the main focus of the film is not the 'Irishness' or 'Oirishness' of the characters, in fact (thankfully) we are not subjected to the usual bias cultural discourse we usuall have to endure when viewing Irish movies (usually made by foreigners... about 'being Irish'), no, instead (thank God!) this film is based on a Universal theme - an unplanned pregnancy! The Script is at times hilarious, but always realistic and sympathetic. Colm Meany's relationship with his daughter (played by Tina Kelleher) is tangibly real and magnetic. The Kids are great too, in particular Joanne Gerrard as the disgruntled Teenage daugheter with wojus fashion sense, but of all the Kids it's Colm O'Byrne who really shines as the hilarious youngest 'ungrateful' Brother. This is a must see!!

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4.0 out of 5 stars "We all do stupid things when we're drunk, don't we?", 12 Feb 2005

By	Mary Whipple (New England) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)

Soon after a wild night at the pub, twenty-year-old Sharon Curley (Tina Kellegher) finds herself expecting a little "snapper" by a man she loathes. Her refusal to name the father sets in motion a family drama involving her three brothers, two sisters, and her parents, along with her employers and all her friends. Kellegher, playing the role as a coarse, earthy, yet remarkably sensible young woman (with the exception of her excessive drinking during her pregnancy) soon discovers who her friends really are, as some people tease and torment her, some make remarks to her siblings, some force her father to take direct action in her defense, and all spread gossip.

Des Curley (Colm Meaney), Sharon's father, shows the whole world in his face, his emotions ranging from outrage toward Sharon for embarrassing the family to tender concern as her time draws near. As the eight-member family trips all over each other emotionally (ironically symbolized in their battles for the one bathroom, often occupied by Sharon), the tensions within the family grow more intense. Widespread speculation about who the father is disrupts the neighborhood, with some hotheads visiting their own brand of justice on the Curleys. The arrival of the baby offers a chance at resolution.

Often very funny and equally often very touching, the film features actors who do not act like actors, appearing to be grounded in the very neighborhood they inhabit in the film. With the pub as social center, we see the characters' lifestyles and mores--their attitudes toward sex and childbirth, their "escapes" from the workday, their daily amusements and sense of humor, and their lack of concern with the dogma of the church.

The second in Roddy Doyle's The Barrytown Trilogy, after The Commitments, this film like The Van, which follows, features author Roddy Doyle writing his own screenplay, Stephen Frears as director, Oliver Stapleton as cinematographer, and actor Colm Meaney (playing the father Des, here) as the emotional bridge among the characters, appearing in all three films and giving a sense of continuity among them. Set in north Dublin in a lower working class neighborhood where many families spend their whole lives, the film shows the reliance on humor when life might otherwise be too tragic to handle. Mary Whipple

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4.0 out of 5 stars Side Splitting Real Life Comedy at its Best, 12 April 2000

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Colm Meaney is breathtaking in this movie which brings tears of laughter while being faithful to the real stuff of life. Its a wonderful tale of family values ...the Irish Waltons dealing with the trials and tribulations of everyday disfunctionality with humour and love.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious film!
Just watch it and see! I guarantee that you will be roaring with laughter! Thoroughly recommended. (If you have a multi-regional DVD player that is...)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Irish Films Aren't All Bad!
The Snapper is one of those light-hearted movies thats easy to watch & even easier to enjoy.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Drunken Irish Fun
If you liked The Committments you'll love this. Another drunken piece of Irish fun this will appeal to anyone who likes a good, down to earth real life comedy. Read more

Published on 14 Jan 2003 by Joanne Sanders

2.0 out of 5 stars Do you like 'The Commitments'?
If you like 'The Commitments' and 'Family' then you will love 'The Snapper'. Also written by Roddy Doyle, The Snapper tells the tale of Sharon Curley, the eldest daughter of a... Read more

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