Fresh
The film offers no message, no solutions, only a great time at the movies.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
The Commitments
They had nothing to lose, they risked it all.
1991 · 1h 58m · R
Comedy, Drama, Music
Directed by
Alan Parker
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The Commitments
Overview
Jimmy Rabbitte, just a thick-ya out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females virtually in his back yard, a lead singer (Deco) at a wedding, and, responding to his ad, an aging trumpet player, Joey "The Lips" Fagan.
Director and cast
- Alan Parker Director
- Robert Arkins as Jimmy Rabbitte
- Michael Aherne as Steven Clifford
- Angeline Ball as Imelda Quirke
- Maria Doyle Kennedy as Natalie Murphy
- Dave Finnegan as Mickah Wallace
- Bronagh Gallagher as Bernie McGloughlin
- Félim Gormley as Dean Fay
- Glen Hansard as Outspan Foster
- Dick Massey as Billy Mooney
- Johnny Murphy as Joey 'The Lips' Fagan
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
91%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Director Alan Parker's story of a band of young Dubliners playing American '60s soul is fresh, well-executed and original.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
This is probably Alan Parker's best film, in part because it's one of his most modest.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Foul-mouthed, fast-talking and very funny, this is Parker's best to date.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
Mr. Parker is capable of whipping a series of quick, well-edited snippets into a happy collage of musical high spirits.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
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