The Snapper - Similar Films?

07438991

Hi Guys,

I just watched the Snapper last night with my girlfriend for the first time ever and was in fits of laughter.

I am just wondering are there any other old Irish films like the Snapper that you would recommend?

PS - I thought the father was hilarious.. I have also seen The Van and The Full Monty.

Thanks for the replies!

ssshhh123

07438991 wrote: »

Hi Guys,

I just watched the Snapper last night with my girlfriend for the first time ever and was in fits of laughter.

I am just wondering are there any other old Irish films like the Snapper that you would recommend?

PS - I thought the father was hilarious.. I have also seen The Van and The Full Monty.

Thanks for the replies!

I like the butcher boy fairly funny

Joey the lips

The Commitments....

abouttobebanned

Knocked up ;-)

redarmy

07438991 wrote: »

Hi Guys,

I just watched the Snapper last night with my girlfriend for the first time ever and was in fits of laughter.

I am just wondering are there any other old Irish films like the Snapper that you would recommend?

PS - I thought the father was hilarious.. I have also seen The Van and The Full Monty.

Thanks for the replies!

the van....great film;)

bfocusd

Adam and paul, spin the bottle, the most fertile man in ireland, the commitments, the van, angelas ashes (not really a comedy)... Thats off the top of my head movie wise, did you ever see mrs brown's boys? Thats good too..

07438991

bfocusd wrote: »

Adam and paul, spin the bottle, the most fertile man in ireland, the commitments, the van, angelas ashes (not really a comedy)... Thats off the top of my head movie wise, did you ever see mrs brown's boys? Thats good too..

I love Mrs Brown's Boys! Thanks

kc66

The TV series Family is quite similar.
http://www.zavvi.com/dvd/family/10427114.html

Fighting Irish

Perriers Bounty is a funny irish movie, it's from a couple of years ago

07438991

kc66 wrote: »

The TV series Family is quite similar.
http://www.zavvi.com/dvd/family/10427114.html

Thanks Kc66 but I think I will download it and save myself £12.95 plus p&p

Fighting Irish

kc66 wrote: »

The TV series Family is quite similar.
http://www.zavvi.com/dvd/family/10427114.html

Never heard of this! Thanks, gonna give it a download

syklops

bfocusd wrote: »

Adam and paul, spin the bottle, the most fertile man in ireland, the commitments, the van, angelas ashes (not really a comedy)... Thats off the top of my head movie wise, did you ever see mrs brown's boys? Thats good too..

Intermission and In Bruges.

eh i dunno

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374018/

Man about Dog is pretty funny

crash davis

The Van, The Commitments, In Bruges, The Guard and Intermission.

DebDynamite

The Van, The Commitments, Spin the Bottle, Intermission. All excellent Dublin films. Hilarious.

Mr.Saturn

The Halo Effect. It's Stephen Rea playing a north-innercity Dubliner/chippy/gambling addict. I like it, and it's got a grand heart to it. You'd probably pick it up in your local Xtravision (if there's any left by time of reading this) for 5e, handily enough.

zyxwvu

I think the General is a great Irish film.. not sure if it's what you'd call a comedy, but it's very entertaining and set in pre-boom Ireland like the Snapper!

al28283

The Meet the Parents movies were all **** too

TCDStudent1

I went Down is probably one of the more under-rated Irish comedies out there.

Not a fan of Spin the Bottle.

Adam & Paul is good, In Bruges is excellent.

If you haven't seen the Commitments and you like the Snapper, then the Commitments is a must see for you. Colm Meaney plays the same character (As the father) but has a lesser role in it.

crash davis

Forgot about I Went Down. Absolutely brilliant flick TCD.

Mellor

crash davis wrote: »

Forgot about I Went Down. Absolutely brilliant flick TCD.

I watched the whole thing on youtube recently, was a bit disappointed

Ruu_Old

Rat.

07438991

Thanks for the recommendations guys!

Keep posting your suggestions!

old hippy

Intermission really cracked me up when we saw it at the cinema. I remember when The Commitments came out - the hype was incredible. We'd see Rob Strong's lad do a gig a few months before, so we knew his voice was special. The cinemas were showing it around the clock that first weekend and we saw the midnight showing with one or two beers aboard.

Watching it now, it all seems like another era. But at the time it was huge!

Once is a great film, btw. I blubbed like a big wendy when I saw it :D

Tazium

A couple to keep you going, IMDB links.

This is my Father It's quite funny but Try not to weep at the sad moments.

The Matchmaker This is exceptionally funny, Dennis O'Leary, Janeane Garofalo, David O'Hara and Milo O'Shea.

Enjoy

abouttobebanned

Man about Dog is possibly the worst piece of ****e to ever come out of this country.

DazMarz

A six-part TV series called Paths To Freedom is easily the funniest thing RTE have ever produced. The film Spin The Bottle was spawned from this series and features some of the same characters, but is not a patch on the original series. While I know it's not a film, it is related to this topic sort of... and it is well worth a look!

Armin_Tamzarian

DazMarz wrote: »

A six-part TV series called Paths To Freedom is easily the funniest thing RTE have ever produced. The film Spin The Bottle was spawned from this series and features some of the same characters, but is not a patch on the original series. While I know it's not a film, it is related to this topic sort of... and it is well worth a look!

I'm just Rats from the flats. I used to have a little, now I have fcuk all! ...

Class

fryup

all time classic Rita Sue and Bob too not irish, but outrageously funny all the same

JP Liz V1

Watermelon

POKERKING

I know its been mentioned but i think Adam and Paul is a classic and highly recommend it, obviously the commitments aswell if you haven't seen it.

tricky D

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