American Women Movie Review 2000

Poor schlub County Donegal lads, weary of their lack of female companionship, send an ad to the Miami Herald, looking for young, nubile American women to come over and "see what happens." Hoping to see the American lasses in time for the social event of the season, the St. Martha's Day dance, they're disappointed when the day arrives but the girls don't. To make matters worse, the local ladies have brought in some Spanish fishermen to play music at the dance. Old fashioned ethnic comedy tries to cash in on the successes of "The Full Monty" and "Waking Ned Devine," but contains a wee bit too many Irish cliches, and the charm is squeezed out by the patronizing view of what is supposed to be modern-day Ireland.

Distribution

Fox Home Entertainment, PO Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213, Phone: (310)369-3900, Toll-free: 888-223-4FOX, Fax: (310)369-5811, URL: http://www.foxmovies.com/index1.html, Remarks: Also known as Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Available on VHS
Running time 90 minutes.
Originally from Irish, British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Comedy, Ireland

Screenplay

William Ivory

Cast

Ian Hart, Sean McGinley, Niamh Cusack, Ruth McCabe, Ewan Stewart, Maureen O'Brien, Pat Laffan, Britta Smith, Pat Shortt, Cathleen Bradley, Sean McDonagh, Risteard Cooper

Cinematography

Robert Alazraki

Director

Aileen Ritchie

Music

Rachel Portman

Producer

Fox Searchlight