I saw this film for the first time a few years ago, and since I still feel warm in my heart when I think about it, I rented it and watched it again. What a delight. This is a film about an Irish Family uniting for St. Patrick's day. The matriarch of the family (Piper Laurie) has made it a rule that there will be no drinking. No drinking in an Irish, relatively dysfunctional, family for St. Patrick's Day! Not possible. But as each of the family members try to cope with their own personal problems,their familial issues, and to find a way to have a nip or two, the story unfolds. I was especially fond of Piper Laurie's portrayal of the matriarch. And there is a scene near the end, that I will not reveal,that I found to be one of the sweetest semi-erotic scenes that I have ever seen in a film. This film reminds us that almost all families have their dysfunctional parts and somehow in the midst of it all love holds them together.
