The Snapper (1993)
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 90 mins
Theatrical Release Information:
The Snapper
The Snapper is Stephen Frears' adaptation of the second book in Roddy Doyle's Barrytown Trilogy. The Curley family is a poor but eccentric and loving Irish family. Oldest daughter Sharon (Tina Kellegher) announces she is pregnant, but refuses to reveal the identity of the father to anyone. Her father, Dessie (Colm Meaney), is supportive, but begins to chafe at the derisive gossip aimed at his family and his daughter. This leads to a confrontation between the two that is, like the rest of the movie, simultaneously funny and sad. The family waits in the hospital as Sharon gives birth to the snapper (Irish slang for an infant). The other books in the Barrytown Trilogy were also adapted into films featuring Colm Meaney as the father: The Commitments, directed by Alan Parker, and The Van, directed by Stephen Frears. Doyle had a hand in the screenplay for all three. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of The Snapper:
Fionnula Murphy also in Agnes Browne
Eanna MacLiam also in Angela's Ashes , My Left Foot , The Commitments
Peter Rowen also in The Commitments
Brendan Gleeson also in Black Irish , The General , In Bruges , Dark Blue , Breakfast on Pluto , In My Country
Marie Conmee also in Circle of Friends , Widows' Peak , The Quare Fellow , My Left Foot , Educating Rita
The Snapper Trivia
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