The Closer You Get
2000 · 93 MIN · IMDB 6.2 · 1,556 VOTES · DIR. Aileen Ritchie
Overview
Irish lads send an ad to the Miami Herald inviting fit and enticing women, between the ages of 20 and 21, to live in their isolated Donegal village. The whole town knows about the ad, and it sharpens everyone's sense of the opportunities for happiness already at hand. Kate, a publican with a young daughter, is separating from her husband and catches the eye of a bachelor sheep farmer. Kieran the butcher realizes that his assistant Siobhan is comely, and then he discovers she's fiery as well. Ollie sends off for Dutch skin magazines that the village postmistress won't release to him. The men, and women, find counsel in their movie-loving priest. Will anyone answer the ad?
Dialogue Timeline — 1,124 lines
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00:00:43 "On the northwest coast of Ireland...
00:04:03 to leave a pile of their old clothes on the church doorstep...
00:06:46 - It was just a film. - Yeah, but seeing her there put it all into perspective.
00:09:25 - She works for you. - You wouldn't use the Irish Times, would you?
00:11:57 Sorry...
00:14:26 Mrs. Doyle. All right?
00:17:22 and it's named after this Roman fella.
00:21:26 Kieran. How you doing?
00:24:38 But, sure, I've never actually...
00:28:08 - You really think they're gonna come, don't you? - Why wouldn't they?
00:32:51 - Pat. - Ollie.
00:36:07 Sean, a woman is a woman.
00:39:59 Eleventh hour. What can you do?
00:43:30 Found him in the field this morning. Final hill defeated him.
00:48:26 - Will you dance? - Come on.
00:52:36 What did you say to her?
00:57:31 Joint after joint of thick, bright, bleeding beef. For God's sake, man...
01:00:36 Tell Laura
01:04:24 Oh, yes. If you've a passing interest in the Inquisition, they are.
01:08:22 Well, good luck to him.
01:11:24 Why should I, when you never did, eh?
01:16:29 Siobhan? Siobhan!
01:19:52 A kiss to build a dream on
02:00:02 - Aye.