The Closer You Get

Name: The Closer You Get
Genre: Comedy
Released: February 25, 2000
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 44

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Twentieth Television | Release Date: February 25, 2000 | PG-13

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)

Director: Aileen Ritchie

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 90 min

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Peter Stack

Gentle, wacky, down-to-earth and romantic. Read full review

Doug Brod

Featherweight tale of Guinness-guzzling bachelors. Read full review

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It is tough to fight off the ennui created by this comedy. Read full review

Roger Ebert

A sweet film, mildly pleasant to watch, but it's not worth the trip or even a detour. Read full review

Lisa Alspector

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. Read full review

Film.com Ernest Hardy

The audience for this film would be those people who like their cinematic fare pre-digested and painfully familiar. Read full review

Amy Taubin

Clichéd and condescending. Read full review

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TeresaL.

Apr 1, 2006

Delightful movie! Highly recommend!

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MikeBierman

May 16, 2013

Beautifully filmed with quaint Irish seaside views. A delightful film in which the fish are out of water in their own pond. The men in a small Irish village cannot see their own perfect mates right before their eyes. It takes both the promise and threat of exotic newcomers coming to theBeautifully filmed with quaint Irish seaside views. A delightful film in which the fish are out of water in their own pond. The men in a small Irish village cannot see their own perfect mates right before their eyes. It takes both the promise and threat of exotic newcomers coming to the village to make them realize that what they wanted was there right in front of them whole time. Fun and charming film with plenty of character.… Expand

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