dromasca There is nothing spectacular in this small movie. In a small Irish village, the guys try to break the limits of their boredom and celibacy, by putting an ad for brides in an American paper. While the American brides almost never show up, the boys learn a few lessons in life, and especially that happiness might be at much closer reach than it appears. No surprises, good acting, discrete humor, there is nothing unpleasant in this film. This is minor entertainment, but by no means a film to avoid.

rps-2 This is a wonderfully sensitive and human film, well scripted, well acted, superbly directed. And so what if the women come out as the winners. It's a delightful story of sexual awakening, done in a charming, cheeky Irish style. Provocative yet tasteful. Funny yet serious. One of those rare films in which everything works!

daver-4 ...to be portrayed in these quaint comedies as eccentric small town dreamers. It worked in Hear My Song (still the Irish comedy that rules in my book), The Commitments (OK, that was not set in a small town, but you get the point). Waking Ned Devine was pleasant but familiar and slight. And now The Closer You Get, which rehashes all of the "silly Irish people" elements and combines it with an idea straight out of The Full Monty (a British film about middle aged men deciding to do a strip tease to boost their morale). The message of The Full Monty was be youself and be happy with what you have. A point that The Closer You Get hammers into its viewers. I cannot actively dislike any Irish film, because even if you have a trite story and underdeveloped characters, you can always look at the scenery! I guess if we want hard-edged Irish films, we have to continue to seek out Neil Jordan's movies. I was disappointed.

mcdougall We saw the cast/crew preview in Dublin for this film. We were pleasantly surprised at the standard of this film. It was a well condensed story of a village on the west coast of Ireland.(taking into account a lot was tongue in cheek). An amusing and well acted film. Credit for which must go to the director and the full cast and crew. I must give a special mention to the unknown child actors Deborah Barnett, and Michael McDougall (this child was the only cast member who was actually from the Rosses area of Donegal where the film was located.) The film itself showed the beautiful scenery in the area, it was light hearted with a touch of romance and jealousy.We would highly recommend an early viewing.