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  • 2000
  • PG-13
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2000
  • PG-13
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 1 h 33 m

Summary A group of bachelors in a shrinking village on Ireland's craggy Donegal coast scheme to entice American beauties to the village. When their plan goes awry, the result is an unexpected round of romances with the least likely of women -- the one's who've been right in front of them all along. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Directed By: Aileen Ritchie

Written By: Herbie Wave, William Ivory

  • 2000
  • PG-13
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2000
  • PG-13
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 1 h 33 m

The Closer You Get

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Summary A group of bachelors in a shrinking village on Ireland's craggy Donegal coast scheme to entice American beauties to the village. When their plan goes awry, the result is an unexpected round of romances with the least likely of women -- the one's who've been right in front of them all along. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Directed By: Aileen Ritchie

Written By: Herbie Wave, William Ivory

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Mixed or Average Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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33% Positive
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56% Mixed
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11% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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33% Positive
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56% Mixed
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75
Featherweight tale of Guinness-guzzling bachelors.
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70
A droll, hearty Irish comedy with a serious undertow all the more effective for its unexpected candor and depth.
By Kevin Thomas FULL REVIEW
59
An amiable but contrived bit of blarney.
By Kevin Maynard FULL REVIEW
50
The audience for this film would be those people who like their cinematic fare pre-digested and painfully familiar.
By Ernest Hardy FULL REVIEW
50
An open-mindedness in the plotting of this romantic comedy set on Ireland's Donegal coast adds a couple of mild surprises to the story.
By Lisa Alspector FULL REVIEW
40
Oddly anemic and muted -- BBC Saturday-night material.
By John Patterson FULL REVIEW
10
Clichéd and condescending.
By Amy Taubin FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Redwave Films
Release Date Feb 25, 2000
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline It's hard to see what's right in front of your eyes when there's so much more to look at.
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Awards

Dinard British Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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