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The Snapper

1993

Stephen Frears

Tina Kellegher, Colm Meaney, Ruth McCabe, Brendan Gleeson ...

7.0

4,759

Drama. Comedy Set in Ireland, Sharon Curley is a 20 year old living with her parents and many brothers and sisters. When she gets herself pregnant and refuses to name the father, she becomes the talk of the town.

	Author	Review
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"As demonstrated by Mr. Frears and Roddy Doyle, who adapted his own novel for the screen, there are still wonderful comedies to be made when care is taken and attention is paid."	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"A very funny movie (...) 'The Snapper' has been directed with a warm, light touch by Stephen Frears (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Kim Newman Empire	"The ever watchable Colm Meaney bonds with his family (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"This rip-roaring Irish comedy is the freshest surprise of the season. Writer Roddy Doyle (...) laces every line with humor and heartbreak."	POS
United States	Derek Elley Variety	"The pic marks out its own territory and plays well within it (...) Casting and playing are uniformly tops"	POS
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Radio Times	"Sometimes funny, sometimes touching (...) [The director] too often allows the comedy to slip into sitcom and the drama to come across as something from a social-conscience soap opera (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEU

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