Endearingly un-slick comedian Janeane Garofalo is badly served by this regrettably lame romantic comedy. Swaddled in enough wool to choke a sheep, spunky political operative Marcy Tizard (Garofalo) is packed off to Ireland to research the ancestors of
her boss, Massachusetts Sen. John McGlory (Jay O'Sanders), in hopes of giving his flagging reelection campaign a shot in the arm. Her arrival in the quaint hamlet of Ballinagra coincides with an annual matchmaking festival, and after installing herself in a shabby inn, Marcy promptly develops the
requisite combative relationship with Sean (David O'Hara), the second red-blooded Irish stud to present himself (the first,...
Released:
1997
Rated:
R
Length:
100 mins