The Commitments 1991
7.3 /10
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.
Release Dates
| Country | Release Type | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| BR | DVD | Mar 6, 2009 |
| BR | TV | Mar 3, 2005 |
| FR | DVD | Feb 12, 2021 |
| GB | DVD | Sep 2, 2024 |
| NL | DVD | Jan 2, 2003 |
| NL | TV | Feb 26, 2008 |
cast
Full Cast & Crew
Jimmy Rabbitte
Steven Clifford
Imelda Quirke
Natalie Murphy
Mickah Wallace
Bernie McGloughlin
Outspan Foster
Joey 'The Lips' Fagan
Billy Mooney
Deco Cuffe
Derek Scully
Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr.
Mrs. Rabbitte
Sharon Rabbitte
Pawnbroker
Duffy
Father Molloy
Roddy the Reporter
Dave from Eeijit Records
Kid with Harmonica
Failed Drug Buyer
Joey's Mother
Duffy's Sidekick
Kid with Horse
Church Cleaner
Avant-Garde-A-Clue Band
Eejit Record Producer
Fiddle Player (uncredited)
(uncredited)
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Avengers Age of Ultron is an excellent sequel and a worthy MCU title! There are a lot of good and one thing that feels off in my opinion.
THE GOOD:
First off the action in this movie is amazing, to buildings crumbling, to evil blue eyed robots tearing stuff up, this movie has the action perfectly handled. And with that action comes visuals. The visuals are really good, even though you can see clearly where they are through the movie, but that doesn't detract from the experience. While all the CGI glory is taking place, there are lovable characters that are in the mix. First off the original characters, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye, are just as brilliant as they are always. And Joss Whedon fixed my main problem in the first Avengers by putting in more Hawkeye and him more fleshed out. Then there is the new Avengers, Quicksilver, Scarletwich, and Vision, they are pretty cool in my opinion. Vision in particular is pretty amazing in all his scenes.
THE BAD:
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10/10 because I'm a Marvel Fanboy
If there were not an audience for Marvel comic heroes than clearly these films would not be made, to answer one other reviewer although I sympathize with him somewhat. The world is indeed an infinitely more complex place than the world of Marvel comics with clearly identifiable heroes and villains. But I get the feeling that from Robert Downey, Jr. on down the organizer and prime mover as Iron Man behind the Avengers these players do love doing these roles because it's a lot of fun. If they didn't show that spirit of fun to the audience than these films would never be made.
So in that spirit of fun Avengers: Age Of Ultron comes before us and everyone looks like they're having a good time saving the world. A computer program got loose and took form in this dimension named Ultron and James Spader who is completely unrecognizable is running amuck in the earth. No doubt Star Trek fans took notice that this guy's mission is to cleanse the earth much like that old earth probe NOMAD which got its programming mixed up in that classic Star Trek prime story. Wouldst Captain James T. Kirk of the Enterprise had a crew like Downey has at his command.
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Pretend you're a kid again and enjoy, don't take it so seriously.
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Cast & crew of
The Commitments
Directors & Credit Writers
Novel
Original Music Composer
Director
Screenplay
Screenplay
Still Photographer
Executive Producer
Co-Producer
Casting
Cast
Steven Clifford
Imelda Quirke
Natalie Murphy
Mickah Wallace
Bernie McGloughlin
Outspan Foster
Joey 'The Lips' Fagan
Billy Mooney
Deco Cuffe
Derek Scully
Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr.
Mrs. Rabbitte
Sharon Rabbitte
Pawnbroker
Duffy
Father Molloy
Roddy the Reporter
Dave from Eeijit Records
Kid with Harmonica
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