Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

This movie was wrong in so many ways. I watched it because I am a fan of Colm Meaney, not only from "Star Trek", but "Hell on Wheels," "The Englishman Who Climbed...", but if you are also a fan, DO NOT WATCH, it will make you doubt any morality, sensibility , or intelligence Mr. Meany had in accepting this part. The basic premise is a young woman, (Colm Meaney's daughter ), gets so drunk that she is unable to fend off the sexual attack by the father of her best friend. Getting pregnant by this encounter, she is too embarrassed to say who the father is so she makes up a tale about a sailor. The rapist becomes unhinged and begins to stalk her, following her with declarations of undying love. Her father tells her she needs to relax and encourages her to go out DRINKING with her friends! The worst thing is that this is supposed to be a comedy!!!!! So let me summarize, BINGE DRINKING, RAPE OF A SEMI- CONSCIOUS WOMAN, SHAMING THE VICTIM, STALKING, DRINKING WHILE PREGNANT. Who the hell thought this was a good idea for a movie--why the hell did it get awards!!!!

We usually give up on pregnancy movies, but despite the non-stop gungy language and crudeness and yelling and hitting and folks getting away with really awful actions, we stuck with it. And despite the horrid way they treat each other, the main family's devotion to each other was heart-warming. The younger siblings were a breath of fresh air in all the gunge.Other than the second daughter's Goth look, this movie has not aged well and could be a great one to redo, hopefully w/o the "ew" factor and w/o the styles and cinematography that we thought were so great in the 90s. It would be fun to hear clean witty vocab (rather than gungy), a love-interest, and major comeuppances for a few folks. And it would be great to see a bit of focus on how the characters are prepping for their future.There is a lot of great commentary between the lines about friendships and there's a bit of a cautionary tale. Just wish it came w/o the violence and the needless references to the barnyard which were all very very annoying.

The Snapper is Stephen Frears's adaptation of the second book in Roddy Doyle's Barrytown Trilogy. Yep i'm Irish and yep I found this absolutely hilarious. But on a series critical note the crucial scenes between Colm Meaney and Tina Kellegher that is beautifully written, acted, and directed. It is fresh, exhilarating and deals with the ole Catholic issue - Sex before Marriage in Ireland but turns it quite farcical. This film has a big heart like the country itself and deserved the Awards and achievements it thrived for. Colm Meaney is fantastic, he drives the characters and sheds his loyalty and passion for his daughter under quite 'unique' circumstances. This would probably be on the shelf in every Irish Household, though possibly not the extreme Catholic ones.

This film is a delightful romp about a large, boisterous Dublin family which gets turned upside down when the eldest daughter unexpectedly becomes pregnant. Strong-willed Sharon Curley (Tina Gellegher) refuses to discuss who got her "up the pole," but is equally adamant about not wanting to get an abortion. She keeps her head held high as friends needle her, neighbors whisper, and younger brothers and sisters ask wide-eyed questions. Colm Meaney gives a standout performance as Sharon's dad, expertly revealing a gamut of emotions, from rage to sorrow to curiosity about the birth process to exhilaration at the prospect of becoming a granddad. Ruth McCabe plays the soft- spoken but strong-as-an-ox Irish mom to perfection. While it gets a tad slow towards the end, this film is a great rental if you want a light-hearted yet heart-warming celebration of family-- in all its gory and splendor.