The Commitments (DVD) Reviews

The Commitments is a great book, written by Roddy Doyle. It is about a group of young friends in Ireland who start up and band, and follows their adventures along the way. This film adaptation came out in 1991. Well, in terms of story this is a decent film. It sticks pretty closely to the novel, and is mainly comic in tone. It's a feel ...  Read the complete review

The Commitments is an hilarious account of the short lived life of a Dublin soul band made up of a bunch of friends and assorted others from one of the cities sink estates, the music is excellent and resulted in a very successful soundtrack and a singing career for one of the cast members. The main character in the film is one Jimmy ...  Read the complete review

******************************************** My Reasons For Purchasing The Commitments Film: ******************************************** This has to be one of the best Comedy-Dramas of 1991 in my opinion. The Commitments is a really great film and it is based on the novel written by Roddy Doyle. It was released on August the 14th ...  Read the complete review

If you haven't seen this film, then you should watch it asap, it's brilliant!!! The film is set in Dublin and follows the main character Jimmy as he sets out to put a soul band together. Sounds simple enough and it should be, but Jimmy gets more than he bargained for with this lot. Derek and Outspan work at the local frozen ...  Read the complete review

In Dublin we find the brilliant book and its wonderful film adaptation, "The Commitments", which deals with the poetry of failure among other things. There is a fantastically real quality to this comedy-drama that is about the formation of the first Irish soul band. Jimmy Rabbitte decides that his ticket to fame and glory by bringing ...  Read the complete review

Reading a review on the site yesterday inspired me to watch this film again as it is such a funny and enjoyable film to watch, I used to have the soundtrack as well as it has some brilliant northern soul tracks on it but I have no idea where it is these days, fortunately the DVD was accessible. It tells the story of a bunch of young ...  Read the complete review

Set in Dublin, 'The Commitments' is about a group of Irish musicians. With a tagline of: 'They had absolutely nothing, but were prepared to risk it all' we're presented with a triumph of cinematic genius. Jimmy Rabbitte dreams of being a successful music manager, and being interviewed on The Terry Wogan show. So, in order to achieve his ...  Read the complete review

Soul - Directly from The Northside "We'll be playing soul.... Dublin Soul", Jimmy Rabbitte tells the first recruits to his new band in the opening minutes of this classic film. The backstreets of the Northside of Dublin may seem like an unusual setting for a pop rags to riches film, but I have always thought that a ...  Read the complete review

This is the absolute best movie of all time....if you enjoy classic rock & roll, fantastic acting and a load of underhanded humour! oh...and I do. I was able to see the band three times as they were over here in Canada, only a hand full of the original members were from the movie cast. I asked the bass guitarist what his best memory of being ...  Read the complete review

What can I say? This has to be one of the best musical videos I have ever seen. I first heard of the film while casually browsing the digital guide for something to watch. To this day, I think it is the best film that has been screened on digital for about one and a half years! At first I thought it would be like the blues brothers movie, ...  Read the complete review

"The Lord sent me - the Lord loves my trumpet." Sweet soul music, the sort of pure good time music, you get here, when it is played with feeling and passion and true ever loving spirit, can be among the most joyous of all sounds. There have been far too many manufactured besuited and bewigged cretins paraded around in the name ...  Read the complete review

Being from Dublin myself I can relate to the story and language in the commitments, but I think this film can appeal to all ages and nationalitys in some way or another. From the first drum to the end credits, The Commitments takes the viewer on an exciting ride of enormous highs and ego-shattering lows. Taken from Roddy Doyle's novel of the ...  Read the complete review

GO TO MR DUBLIN PLEASE I AM NO MORE Being from Dublin myself I can relate to the story and language in the commitments, but I think this film can appeal to all ages and nationalitys in some way or another. From the first drum to the end credits, The Commitments takes the viewer on an exciting ride of enormous highs and ego-shattering lows. Taken ...  Read the complete review

Wow, yes I will say that again..WOW. I have had the DVD of this film for a few months and have never seen it before. I had been told that it was good but thought it was one of those that you had to be in the right mood for. Reluctantly over Dinner I agreed to watch it. Right tray on lap, plate on tray, food on plate, beer nearby, phone ...  Read the complete review

I was actually only introduced to this movie in recent years after I was asked to be in a Commitments tribute band for a charity concert at my old college. I gladly accepted as any opportunity to sing for me is marvelous. So the research began, I had never seen the movie previously so of course wanted to watch in order to get a feel for ...  Read the complete review

I sat down with my dh (hen boyfriend) to watch this film FULLY expecting to hate it.. But I just LOVE it. The soundtrack is wonderful (I play it constantly in the car now) the overall acting is wonderful and the plot funny, witty and you can so imagine yourself like that as a teenager with big ideas... The film is beautifully ...  Read the complete review

"The Commitments" is a FANTASTIC movie about a working class "Irish Soul Band." It follows the rise from nothing to greatness to nothing once again. Brilliant dialog, great acting and realistic characters make for an engaging, fun movie. I wish I could really go out and see this band play! The only thing keeping it from a full ...  Read the complete review

For anyone out there who loves music and the magic of movie, this one is the MUST-HAVE. Of course there are other movies out there but this one.....words can't describe. It reminds me how success is defined by doing what you love and enjoy every moment of it. Love the fact that all the band members are actual musicians and unknown at the ...  Read the complete review

This is a great movie with brilliant sound track. It's well acted and directed and follows some classic 'rules' without being too cliched. The story line is good, if a little predictable, and the only slightly irritating factor is that it appears to be a teenage anxst movie, yet all the characters and actors are far too old ...  Read the complete review