Jimmy Rabbitte, just a tick 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. Song by song, g... ig by gig, the Commitments start their climb to the top: Dublin gets soul. But internal strife also builds: Deco is insufferable, Joey's a Casanova, and Jimmy may lack the seasoning to hold things together. Will the Commitments slip away?
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A must see movie
Great film. Having first seen this movie when it was originally released I was apprehensive as to whether my memory of it was tainted by nostalgia for the era or whether it would stand the test of time. However the recollection of great music and superior characterisation lured me to see it again.
I can wholeheartedly say that if anything it was better than I remembered. The passage of time has given it a more timeless ageless quality and this must surely be remembered as a classic of its age.
The acting is fantastic the story line is realistic and it’s a really witty script. Alan Parker at his best.
Commitments, The Adapted from the best-selling novel by Roddy Doyle, Alan Parker's BAFTA-winning musical comedy-drama follows the fluctuating fortunes of a Dublin rock 'n' roll band
Convincing films about rock 'n' roll are scarce. There's something about the territory that resolutely refuses to be captured. However Alan Parker's The Commitments, which features a cast of unknowns, a brace of R 'n' B standards and a glamour-free Dublin setting, ranks among the best.
Benefiting from novelist Roddy Doyle's sharply observed source material and a slick script by British comedy stalwarts Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, not only did the film spawn a minor industry in spin-off...
Convincing films about rock 'n' roll are scarce. There's something about the territory that resolutely refuses to be captured. However Alan Parker's The Commitments, which features a cast of unknowns, a brace of R 'n' B standards and a glamour-free Dublin setting, ranks among the best.
Benefiting from novelist Roddy Doyle's sharply observed source material and a slick script by British comedy stalwarts Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, not only did the film spawn a minor industry in spin-offs, it also conveys much of the joy, pain, hope and ridiculousness that goes with life in a working band.
The story follows tireless entrepreneur Jimmy Rab...
Commitments, The
The soundtrack album from this musical drama sold like hot cakes, it walked away with Bafta awards for best film, best direction and best adapted screenplay, and it should have made bigger stars of several of its cast than has actually been the case. It was also Alan Parker's first feature on this side of the Atlantic since Pink Floyd — the Wall nearly a decade earlier and it brought the work of future Booker Prize-winning author Roddy Doyle to the attention of the chattering classes. Laced with Irish charm and blessed with some superb music sung with passion by Andrew Strong, Bronagh Gallagher, Angeline Ball and Maria Doyle, it's very funny, especially during the ...
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