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The Closer You Get on DVD (2000)
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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. Los Angeles Times "THE CLOSER YOU GET is a droll, hearty Irish comedy with a serious undertow all the more effective for its unexpected candor and depth..." Time Out Kalvara, Co. Donegal, and the menfolk are restive. The pub's the only entertainment, except for the morally uplifting... Read more on www.timeout.com Members ReviewsReviews Voted Most HelpfulMost Recent Reviews |
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