The Snapper

Showings

Kentucky Theatre Tue, Mar 10 7:15 PM
Film Info
Release Year:1993
Rating:R
Runtime:95
Genre:Comedy
Drama
Production Country:United Kingdom
Ireland
Original Language:English
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Stephen Frears
Cast:Colm Meaney
Tina Kellegher
Ruth McCabe
Eanna MacLiam
Peter Rowen

Description

With Special Guest Gavin Colton

 

"The Snapper sees its characters with warmth and acceptance, and earns its laughs by being wise about human nature." —RogerEbert, Chicago Sun-Times

 

"Warm, funny, and populated by easily relatable characters, The Snapper is a compulsively watchable slice-of-life dramedy with much to recommend."Rotten Tomatoes

 

Twenty-year-old Irish lass Sharon Curley (Tina Kellegher) still lives at home with her mom (Ruth McCabe), dad (Colm Meaney) and many siblings. But notoriety in her small town suddenly arrives in the unlikeliest of forms when, after a boozy night on the town, she becomes pregnant and refuses to divulge the identity of the baby's father. Eventually, the not-so-proud dad is exposed, bringing new levels of embarrassment and complication to the devout Roman Catholic Curley household.

 

ABOUT GAVIN COLTON

Originally from Co. Kildare in Ireland, Gavin Colton is a fiction writer. Recently, he served as visiting assistant professor of creative writing and Irish literature at Berea College. His recent work has appeared in Gravy, The Appalachian Review, Hippocampus, The Honest Ulsterman, The Wax Paper, and more.