The Commitments
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.
At a glance
Countries
United States of America, United Kingdom
Ratings
TMDB users
7.3/10
600 votes
Rating consensus
73/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Warm reception overall — weighted ~73/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Robert Arkins
Jimmy Rabbitte
Michael Aherne
Steven Clifford
Angeline Ball
Imelda Quirke
Maria Doyle Kennedy
Natalie Murphy
Dave Finnegan
Mickah Wallace
Bronagh Gallagher
Bernie McGloughlin
Félim Gormley
Dean Fay
Glen Hansard
Outspan Foster
Dick Massey
Billy Mooney
Johnny Murphy
Joey 'The Lips' Fagan
Ken McCluskey
Derek Scully
Andrew Strong
Deco Cuffe
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The Commitments (1991)
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