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The Closer You Get Details

2000 Certificate 12
  • Rated:
  • 60
  • from 315 members

A group of ordinary Irish fellows are bored and dissatisfied with the local women in their small town. Led by fashion-conscious butcher Ian, they decide to pool their resources and put an ad in an American newspaper inviting American women to their town dance in the hope of attracting some exciting potential mates. The local .. Read more

Starring Niamh Cusack, Ian Hart, Ruth McCabe, Sean McGinley
Director Aileen Ritchie
Genres Comedy

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The Closer You Get

A group of ordinary Irish fellows are bored and dissatisfied with the local women in their small town. Led by fashion-conscious butcher Ian, they decide to pool their resources and put an ad in an American newspaper inviting American women to their town dance in the hope of attracting some exciting potential mates. The local women, including Ian's smitten assistant Siobhan, decide to retaliate in their own way. A sweet and charming romantic comedy from the producer of THE FULL MONTY.

Starring Niamh Cusack, Ian Hart, Ruth McCabe, Sean McGinley, Ewan Stewart, Cathleen Bradley, Risteard Cooper
Director Aileen Ritchie
Studio 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 29 mins
Certificate Certificate 12
Genres Comedy
Language DVD: English
Hearing-impaired English
Released DVD: 06 Oct 2003
Production year: 2000
Format DVD

  • Critics' reviews (6) of The Closer You Get

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    Uberto Pasolini, producer of The Full Monty, strays into Waking Ned territory with this ribald piece of Oirish whimsy. Screenwriter William Ivory might have given the Blarney Stone an extra touch, but he's nevertheless concocted an amiable fable about the sexual frustrations of a small Donegal community, which would rather resort to Florida beach babes and Spanish trawlermen than see beneath the workaday façade of its neighbours. Ian Hart excels as the crotch-obsessed butcher, while Ewan Stewart impresses as a virginal mammy's boy. True romantics, however, will warm to the slow-burning relationship between timid shepherd Sean McGinley and neglected publican Niamh Cusack.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • "THE CLOSER YOU GET is a droll, hearty Irish comedy with a serious undertow all the more effective for its unexpected candor and depth..."

    • Los Angeles Times
    • Posted 11 Mar 2005

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  • Rated - 4 stars

    Worth Watching

    A slow one but happening, curiosity exists till the end. Really funny and has a few messages.

      • A customer from Glasgow
      • Posted 11 Jul 2004 20:19

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  • Rated - 4 stars

    one to watch

    Gentle and intriguing comedy

      • A customer from N. Ireland
      • Posted 07 Oct 2005 15:09

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