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Yes, the family in this movie is Irish. At the party, the house and everyone is decked out in green, even the mention of Ireland is revered as sacred. My dad's Irish, and I can't even remember one time that he's mentioned the fact. Most families don't go around every day focusing on their ethnicity and the "holy land" every waking moment. Only in movies does this happen. Just as lame as Fever Pitch where every item of clothing and piece of furniture is about the Red Sox, every thought, word, action, and deed about the Red Sox. My family couldn't be bigger Red Sox fans but none of us wear Sox paraphernalia and only occasionally talk Sox. We DO have a life, ya know. All this supporting my point that most of these "ethnic theme" movies WAY over do it.
As far as the story goes, ridiculous and cliché. HEY! guess what? The girl that Farley's character hates at the beginning is the one he ends up falling in love with, after chasing several women, of course.
The jokes are lame and story only half decent. But worst of all is the cliché dialogue and the terrible acting of the leads. Fred Willard and Colm Meaney are the only saving graces. I wonder sometimes why movies like this are made. Did the director owe some of the actors a favor? Was the director under obligation to get a film out quickly to satisfy a contract? That being said, you can skip this one. Don't waste your time.
score 1/10
professorjeffreypbrown 5 September 2016
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22-2-2021 04:56:02