Video Review

The Snapper (1994)

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Rated: R; Genres: Comedy, Drama; With: Colm Meaney and Tina Kellegher; Distributor: Miramax

B+

Not since Trudy Kockenlocker got pregnant by an anonymous soldier in 1944's The Miracle of Morgan's Creek has such a commotion been created over an unwed mom as in The Snapper. An Irish father (Colm Meaney) and his raucous brood experience some complex — and often funny — reactions when daughter Sharon (Tina Kellegher) gets ''up the pole.'' Stephen Frears' comedy (written by The Commitments' Roddy Doyle) is a raw and spicy slice of life that is more affecting than it might initially seem.

Posted Sep 16, 1994

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