The film is considered one of the top Irish films of all time, apparently no one had seen The Quiet Man in a while. The film is well made and the band created for the film perform the various soul songs very well but this is ultimately kind of a pointless film. What we have here is an old MGM musical where Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland get the gang together to put on a show. The Commitments just dresses up the same premise with lots of swearing and a silly ending. A cliche is still a cliche.
The Commitments was directed by Alan Parker who was the go to guy for film musicals that were considered kind of edgy, stuff like Evita, Bugsy Malone, Fame and Pink Floyd The Wall. These films were all kind of interesting but but somewhat unmemorable.
Unsurprisingly, the film was responsible for 2 soundtrack albums. There is just lots and lots and lots of music to pad out the sparce story. Watching the film is a little bit of a weary experience after a while.
118 minutes, screenplay Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais and Roddy Doyle.
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