Commitments, The

Wish this Band was actually still together.

The delivery and contents were fine!

"AYY, GINGA'...Shut(e) the F*** up!!What a line. When I heard that Ginger Baker reference from music store clerk, tired of hearing the incessantly loud, auditioning, drum play I was officially hooked; and laughing more than I could have imagined with this music, comedy.THE COMMITMENTS is one of those rare movies that can be seen and heard a second and 3rd time without losing an ounce of entertainment value since the songs are done so well while the dialogue, and a bevy of great lines, can be 'rediscovered' once you figure out exactly what these Dublin blokes are saying. Yes, accents are quite authentic.But, this Irish "Soul" band that is put together by unemployed Jimmy Babbitte (Robert Arkins - a musician, singer himself) is simply outstanding as they perform songs by such greats as Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett (there's a back story involving Pickett that is vital to proceedings...) with a bit of James Brown "for the moves" , and Aretha Franklin "for a lil' of everything..."Felim Gormley plays saxophone player Dean "Nipples" (funny scene/story behind nickname) Fay while Joey "the Lips" Fagan (John Murphy) claims to have played with everyone from B.B King to the Beatles! Is he full of it? Hard to say. He can sure play the trumpet though.By the time Maria Doyle (Orphan Black tv show on BBC...) sings "...I never loved a man/ the way that I/ I loved you..." I am very personally simmering to mesmerized by her 'smokin' vocals. Angelina Ball (plays Imelda Quirk) is the pure blonde, leggy eye candy who solos hot on "Chain of Fools". The 'other' girl is worth a mention too, singer Bronagh Gallagher, who is the only one "bringing in any money" in her family and is forced to bring a baby to the practice sessions which gives resident obnoxious front man Decko (Andrew Strong - the second coming of Joe Cocker ... but better...?) permission to torment the little tyke with inappropriately loud drum play. Decko is definitely "the prick" of the group.Check this one out although it is a shame of all the movies to have no xtras this really is a classic example of dialogue that should have had Subtitles. Oh well, still a great Widescreen picture and I can't say it enough: This is great rock-n-roll "Soul" music brought to us by (as Jimmy Babbitte points out) "Dubliners" (who)are the blacks of Ireland; and WE are the blacks of Dublin."Ladies and Gentleman THE COMMITMENTS.

wonderful movie, great singing and dvd in perfect condition.

I was so happy to find this movie as it is one of my favoritesThe DVD came on time- greatIt’s in perfect condition- yayI would buy from this seller again.

Funny and visceral! Loved years ago and loved a short time ago. Whoaaaaa Mustang Sally!

... that you can play while watching The Commitments. Buy a few cases of Guinness, and every time a character says the naughty F-word, take a good long gulp. I guarantee no one will be sober when the movie ends. I think the director, in his commentary track, says something like over 280 swears had to be overdubbed for the television version.Apart from the amazingly high cussing quotient, this is a fairly sprightly Dublin take on the old "hey, gang, let's form a band and become famous" trope. It doesn't take itself too seriously, pokes fun at many music industry sacred cows, and fairly reeks of 1980s Irish working class sensibilities. While it may seem less than ambitious to merely aspire to become a famous soul cover band -- as opposed to making *original* music, which never seems to enter anyone's head -- you can't deny these youngsters' sincerity or drive to succeed. Miraculously, they manage to do so despite the incessant bickering, but things fall apart quickly and predictably once show biz-size egos start to collide.One thing you can't deny the Irish, they gotta a whole lotta soul, and in this film we see the proof. Ninety proof, n'yuk-n'yuk!

Too few know about this gem.

Boas canções, vocalistas fenomenais e lições de vida.

a classic movie that looks great on blu ray, absolutely brilliant sound track and a good buy.

Wer schräge irisch-britische Filme aus den Anfang 90er mit hinreißender Musik mag, sollte es sich unbedingt ansehen. Trotz, bzw. vielleicht deswegen, dass der Film über 30 Jahre auf dem Buckel hat, ist er grandios.

Necesitaba volver a verla y ponérsela a mis alumnos. Maravillosa!

The movie is set in the depressed northside of Dublin in the 1980s. A jobless young hustler decides it would be fun and perhaps supply some much needed cash if he puts together and manages a band. Positing that Northsiders are Dublin's equivalent of U.S. inner-city blacks, he figures it should be a soul band. The music is so totally 60s soul that I found myself forgetting the story is set in the 80s. If you want a genre for this, it would be musical comedy. It's not the tale of a group's rise from rag-to-riches, but focuses on the relationships (in the broad rather than romantic meaning of the term) of the diverse members of the band. Apart from Colm Meany who plays the hero's Elvis-loving Dad, it has a cast of unknowns (to me, at least) who inhabit their characters to perfection. It's extremely funny and entertaining and the music is great. There are flaws, chiefly director Parker's refusal to let go of a good scene, rather like the guy at a party who gets a good laugh from a joke so repeats it over and over. The auditions for the band go on so long they become tedious, as compared to a similar scene in "The Fabulous Baker Boys" which works much better because it is kept brief. But overall the movie's so much fun it's weaker points become insignificant. A warning to the language-sensitive: these kids' vocabulary does not appear to have progressed beyond 4 letter words which they use so prolifically I ceased to notice after a while.