The Snapper

Name: The Snapper
Genre: Drama
Released: December 3, 1993
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 83
Cast: Ciara Duffy, Colm Meaney, Colm O'Byrne, Deirdre O'Brien, Eanna MacLiam

1993

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Bac Films | Release Date: December 3, 1993 | R

Starring: Ciara Duffy, Colm Meaney, Colm O'Byrne, Deirdre O'Brien, Eanna MacLiam, Fionnuala Murphy, Joanne Gerrard, Peter Rowen, Ruth McCabe, Tina Kellegher

Summary: 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.

Director: Stephen Frears

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: R

Runtime: 91 min

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Peter Travers

This rip-roaring Irish comedy is the freshest surprise of the season. Read full review

Jay Carr

It sounds like what in this country would be a grim tale, but in The Snapper (Dublin working-class slang for baby) Stephen Frears and an Irish cast turn it into a terrific little comedy of nonstop vitality and warmth. [17 Dec 1993, p.98]

Roger Ebert

The Snapper sees its characters with warmth and acceptance, and earns its laughs by being wise about human nature. Read full review

David Ansen

As warm and lived-in as an old pair of boots, The Snapper is an honorable feel-good movie. Read full review

Derek Elley

There’s plenty of unvarnished, off-the-wall Irish humor, especially in the ensemble scenes of family life and boozy barroom chat, plus real warmth beneath the rough one-liners. Read full review

James Berardinelli

It's refreshing to see an old subject dealt with in the open and original manner that The Snapper handles pregnancy. The marriage of humor and drama is admittedly imperfect, but it works well enough to occasionally spawn laughter and touch the heart. Read full review

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This adaptation of Roddy Doyle's novel may not display the glitz and relentless energy of The Commitments, but it has wit, feeling and authenticity. Read full review

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