Commitments DVD Movie

Commitments

List Price	$9.98 (You save $2.93)
Studio	20th Century Fox
Orig Year	1991
DVD Encoding	Region 1
All Time Sales Rank	2487
CD Universe Part number	1285918
Catalog number	4112892
Discs	1
Release Date	Nov 14, 2006
Rating	R (MPAA)
Rating Reason	for language
Running Time	119 Minutes
Additional Info	Pan & Scan
Movie Details	Color; Pan & Scan

Commitments Movie Review

Average Rating: (4.3 out of 5 stars) 4.5 stars

4 stars Gritty, fun and from the heart
Perhaps one of the best popular music films ever made. Centers around the formation of an old school soul band in present time Ireland. All the characters seem real and convincing in their respective roles as up and coming musicians. The storyline follows the making of the band, The Commitments, from the beginning tryouts, the band's songlist development, the successes, failures, all played with a big heart from a fun cast.
Submitted by rylie24 (Evansville, IN, USA)
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4 stars An Irish Music Comedy
If you understand Irish humor, this is a 5 star movie. While in english, the Irish sayings and slang are so thick and fast, some of the jokes may be lost to those unfamiliar with Irish humor. Some of the humor is quite racey and not subtle, but is likely to be lost on young folk because of the irish local sayings. Forget the humor (which is outstanding) the soul music alone can carry the picture with exquisite remakes of songs like Lay Down Sally. This got best picture of the year in 1991 and is a classic for anyone's DVD collection that likes Irish humor or just good old soul music.
Submitted by a reviewer (Baltimore, MD, USA)
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5 stars Gritty, great movie
I've seen this movie many times, because when I find someone who hasn't seen it, I convince them to watch it with me. Everyone I've talked to about "The Commitments" is just as impressed, as amused, as intrigued, as entertained as I. Funny, poiniant, and very real. Some of the songs the band remakes are better than the originals (I have the soundtrack), and the movie is wonderful.
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4 stars great music
some times hard to follow what they are saying, but over all i liked the music in this movie, with a interesting ending
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