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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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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.

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90%
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Fresh

The film offers no message, no solutions, only a great time at the movies.

Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
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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