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Casting and playing are uniformly tops, with special praise for Fionnuala Murphy as Kellegher's best pal, Ruth McCabe as the quiet, long-suffering mom, and the five kids as her loopy brothers and sisters.
Better-than-average sitcom stuff, enhanced by the lively performances, Doyle's own adaptation, and the able direction of Stephen Frears.
A small, joyful lark of a film.
This rip-roaring Irish comedy is the freshest surprise of the season.
The marriage of humor and drama is admittedly imperfect, but it works well enough to occasionally spawn laughter and touch the heart, and there's a crucial scene between Colm Meaney and Tina Kellegher that is beautifully written, acted, and directed.
The Snapper sees its characters with warmth and acceptance, and earns its laughs by being wise about human nature.
At once realistic and idealised, this is a rare attempt to make drama of ordinary people doing the right thing.
Gritty, charming and with a heart as big as the Emerald Isle itself.
Well written and directed, The Snapper celebrates common sense and human decency, qualities which triumph over prudishness and restrictive social mores.
Intimate and effective little drama from Stephen Frears.
A charming Irish comedy in the same spirit as Waking Ned Devine. Colm Meaney is far funnier than his Star Trek credentials would suggest.
I can't get enough of those wacky Irish, and this film's got plenty.
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