
“She's got a little secret and a lot of explaining to do.”
Sharon Curley is a 20-year-old living with her parents and many brothers and sisters in Dublin. When she gets pregnant and refuses to name the father, she becomes the talk of the town.
Release Date: 8/6/1993
Runtime: 95 minutes
Languages: English
Director: Stephen Frears
00Companies: BBC Film
Countries: United Kingdom, Ireland
Peter McGinn
The Snpper is certainly a lively and boisterous movie. Nobody is the least bit shy about expressing their opinion loudly and often. I have watched a lot of British and Irish movies over the years, but because of the emotional delivery and spreed of their talking, I missed a lot of details in the dialogue. But also because of the emotions displayed, I always had an idea about the tenor of the conversations. I thought a few of the subplots could have been given more screen time, but then again, they were almost always talking about the titular baby-to-be so I guess that is fair. Plus, the person who wrote the novel adapted it to the screenplay, so hr must have imported what he thought was important. (Hopefully future mothers watching the movie won’t come away thinking binge drinking during pregnancy is good for the baby and realize that yes, this is just a movie.) But The Snapper was entertaining and that is what counts.

Colm Meaney
Dessie Curley

Tina Kellegher
Sharon Curley

Ruth McCabe
Kay Curley

Eanna MacLiam
Craig Curley
Peter Rowen
Sonny Curley
Joanne Gerrard
Lisa Curley
Colm O'Byrne
Darren Curley
Ciara Duffy
Kimberley Curley

Fionnuala Murphy
Jackie O'Keefe
Karen Woodley
Yvonne Burgess

Pat Laffan
George Burgess
Virginia Cole
Doris Burgess

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