Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Robert ArkinsJimmy Rabbitte
- Michael AherneSteven Clifford
- Angeline BallImelda Quirke
- Maria Doyle KennedyNatalie Murphy
- Dave FinneganMickah Wallace
- Bronagh GallagherBernie McGloughlin
- Glen HansardOutspan Foster
- Félim GormleyDean Fay
- Johnny MurphyJoey 'The Lips' Fagan
- Dick MasseyBilly Mooney
Recommandations
- 100
Washington Post
Alan Parker's sexy, hilarious, exuberantly energetic new film, The Commitments, has so much rhythmic juice that it's nearly impossible to stay in your seat. - 88
Washington Post
Commitments, adapted by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais from the Roddy Doyle book, exults in its own world. The characters, with their foibles and verbal joustings, are everything. There's something poetically sardonic in every sentence they utter. - 80
Chicago Reader
This is probably Alan Parker's best film, in part because it's one of his most modest. - 80
Time
The film offers no message, no solutions, only a great time at the movies. - 80
Empire
This is an infectious musical story of rise-and-fall. - 78
Austin Chronicle
The movie isn't about the band, really; it's about having a chance when the cards are stacked against it. It's about climbing out. When they sing those great soul songs, it feels like a better world for everyone and that's how Parker manages to get us into his box with him. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
The movie is filled with life and energy, and the music is honest. The Commitments is one of the few movies about a fictional band that’s able to convince us the band is real and actually plays together. - 60
TV Guide Magazine
For all its emphasis on working-class integrity, The Commitments is really Fame wrapped in streetwise packaging.
