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- 1991
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 58 m
- 1991
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 58 m
Summary When Jimmy Rabbitte wants to start a band, he has open auditions at his house.
Directed By: Alan Parker
Written By: Roddy Doyle, Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
- 1991
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 58 m
- 1991
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 58 m
The Commitments
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6.4
Where to Watch
Summary When Jimmy Rabbitte wants to start a band, he has open auditions at his house.
Directed By: Alan Parker
Written By: Roddy Doyle, Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
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74% Positive
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26% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
73
74% Positive
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
26% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Cross Fame and Spinal Tap, color it Irish, and you've got The Commitments, the summer's most irresistible movie. [30 Aug 1991, p.79]
Thanks in great part to a couple of dozen wonderful soul songs from the 1960s, and a very engaging and talented group of young Dubliners, The Commitments is a thorough delight - warm, funny and deeply human. [13 Sep 1991, p.3F]
Commitments, adapted by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais from the Roddy Doyle book, exults in its own world. The characters, with their foibles and verbal joustings, are everything. There's something poetically sardonic in every sentence they utter.
Mr. Parker immerses his audience in a world in which popular art amounts to a communal high, a means of achieving identity and a great escape from the abundant problems of everyday life. As in Fame, he does this with a mixture of annoying glibness and undeniable high-voltage style. [14 Aug 1991, p.C11]
For all its emphasis on working-class integrity, The Commitments is really Fame wrapped in streetwise packaging.
As The Commitments goes on, you begin to weary of the one-note characters, who don’t so much converse as exchange arch put-downs.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 User Ratings
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 User Ratings
6.4
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Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
BAFTA Awards
• 4 Wins & 6 Nominations
