<P> In a 2003 interview, when asked what films from her career she was happiest with, Garofalo included The Matchmaker among the few films she mentioned . </P> <P> Marcy's expectations clash with a host of colourful rural Irish characters in the tradition of such other works as The Irish R.M. </P> <P> Filming took place on location in the town of Roundstone, County Galway . Besides the personalities of the villagers, the film establishes a sense of place through a generous use of village scenes, the local surrounding farms and a trip to the Aran Islands, with cavorting near Dún Aengus . </P> <P> Worked into the story is a parody of Senator John Kerry's family background . His paternal grandfather was from Eastern Europe, picking a new name once arriving in America and blending into the Irish Catholic community in Boston . </P>

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