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Very well executed

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Captivating movie !

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

A movie that does not come out with huge aspirations. Which is fine. It just wants to tell its little story. Set in and filmed in the working class (or lower) neighborhoods of Dublin, it tells the story of a young entrepreneur who starts a band. Instead of heavy metal or poisonous rap, he/they want to do Sixties soul music, despite their Irishness and whiteness. There is a fair amount of subtle humor. I had neither seen nor heard of any of the actors, but then again, I rarely saw much Irish cinema. I was especially impressed by Angeline Ball, one of the back-up singers. The movie was, well, charming is the word that most comes to mind. You probably have to like that sort of music to like the movie, but if you do, check it out.

I remember a lot the year of 1991.Great music,great friends,great trips,great girlfriend,great party's and of course great movies.That's what the year of TERMINATOR 2 but another great movies (now classics some of them) came out:NEW JACK CITY,THE ROCKETEER,JFK,POINT OF BREAK,HOT SHOTS,MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO,THE FISHER KING,DELICATESEN,STAR TREK 6,L.A.STORY and of course THE COMMINTMENTS.This movie is simple magic you can feel the actors go into the character and feel this emotions and more also the direction of PARKER is very good because he have all the freedom to the actors and make they stuff.No big stars are here the BIG STAR here is the music that all the actors really sing and of the great chemistry between them.In a year that great movies came out and the music was awesome THE COMMINTMENTS have a place in 1991.

There so much to love about this movie, and I am watching it on television 18 years after I saw it for the first time. In the meantime, I was in a band and could see that there are parallel processes of coming together to make a great sound and dissolving internally due to personality conflicts, artistic differences and egotism.The story of the Commitments is the story of so many bands. The best they can do is make others happy when they perform, but their personal lives are in ruins and the performers can barely keep it together when the show is over.The music from the Commitments is one of the great all-time movie albums. The covers they perform of great soul sounds are better than, or at least as good as, the originals. I bought the tape, then later, the CD, which I wore out and replaced. It never seems to get old.After all this time, only a few of the players did another film. This was it for most of them, and it was enough. One great film that never gets old. The finest soundtrack ever made, and music that never dies.

This film is about a bunch of deprived people in a slum area forming a band. They hope to make it big with their soul music.I find "The Commitments" tedious and boring. The characters engage in endless tirade, shouting profanities at each other constantly. The way they treat each other is simply sad. The clothes they wear are all dismally coloured. Furthermore, the film is set in a deprived area, meaning unattractive sets and locations. All these things make the film unattractive to me. It is made worse by the poor lighting. Many scenes are poorly lit. A scene featuring the tour bus going down the road is a prime example. The cameraman obviously focused on the sky, making the road, houses and the bus very dark."The Commitments" sounds like an uplifting film with heart and soul. But I was wrong. It is dismal, hostile and unlikable.