The Commitments
Summary:
"The Irish are the blacks of Europe, Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland, and the North Siders are the blacks of Dublin ... so say it loud -- I'm black and I'm proud!" Or so Jimmy Rabbitte (Robert Arkins) tells his slightly puzzled friends as he tries to assemble a rhythm & blues show band in a working class community in Dublin in Alan Parker's film The Commitments. Jimmy is a w... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Robert Arkins - (Jimmy Rabbitte)
Michael Aherne - (Steven Clifford)
Angeline Ball - (Imelda Quirke)
Maria Doyle Kennedy - (Natalie Murphy)
Johnny Murphy - (Joey "The Lips" Fagan)
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Review:
With perhaps more four-letter words than any other film ever made, The Commitments oozes authenticity. The relentless profanity is part of a rich, hilarious, musically satisfying portrait of a fictional working-class Irish band whose mission is to bring American soul music to Dublin. Avoiding the customary romantic view of Ireland and most clich... Continue >>
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