The Snapper

Following the Rabbite family as they come to terms with eldest daughter Sharon's unplanned pregnancy, “The Snapper” offers slices of life from Northside Dublin in the 1980s. And so much more. Beneath Doyle's earthy and recognisible Dublin humour, deeper interrogations are taking place giving substance to the hilarity. Questions of family, community, friendship, and gender dominate, informing much of the laughter. 

The centrepiece in Roddy Doyle’s Barrytown trilogy, “The Snapper” has garnered legions of adoring fans, first as a novel in 1990, and then as a much loved film in 1993. 

Doyle’s delightful script kicks off like a high-speed rollercoaster and never lets up, shifting with cinematic ease from scene to scene. Retaining a high degree of faithfulness to the film, with one notable exception, “The Snapper” conveys the joy, shame, scandal, and terror of Sharon's pregnancy with warmth, heart and an abundance of laughs.