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The Commitments
1991
· Movie
· 118 min
A
MEANRANK
81/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #503
- IMDb #936
- Google retired #235
- Rotten Tomatoes #545
- Letterboxd #966
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #941
+5 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #679
- Metacritic Critics #1204
- Kinopoisk #1459
- AlloCiné #1317
- Trakt #917
Every rating
73–96
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 73, highest is Google on 96.
See the most agreed on films →An ambitious young Dubliner decides to form a soul band in working-class Dublin, despite the genre's obscurity in Ireland. He recruits a group of talented but rough-around-the-edges musicians, molding them into "The Commitments." The film follows their tumultuous rise as they struggle with ego, relationships, and the challenge of bringing soul to the people.
Details
- Director
- Alan Parker
- Writers
- Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Roddy Doyle
- Based on
- The Commitments by Roddy Doyle
- Released
- 14 August 1991
- Country
- United States, United Kingdom
- Language
- English, Irish Gaelic
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $12.0M
- Box office
- $14.9M
- Awards
- 10 wins, 7 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 17 →10 wins from 17 nominations across 9 ceremonies
| 1992 Writers Guild of America Awards 1992 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Roddy Doyle | Nominee |
| 49th Golden Globe Awards 1991 | Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominee | |
| 64th Academy Awards 1991 | Best Film Editing | Gerry Hambling | Nominee |
| 1992 Brit Awards 1992 | Best Soundtrack | Winner | |
| 12th London Film Critics Circle Awards 1991 | British Director of the Year | Alan Parker | Winner |
| 12th London Film Critics Circle Awards 1991 | British Producer of the Year | Roger Randall-Cutler, Lynda Myles | Winner |
| 12th London Film Critics Circle Awards 1991 | British or Irish Screenwriter of the Year | Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Roddy Doyle | Winner |
| 1991 Evening Standard British Film Awards 1991 | Peter Sellers Award for Comedy | Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Roddy Doyle | Winner |
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1992 Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Roddy Doyle | Nominee |
49th Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominee |
64th Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Film Editing | Gerry Hambling | Nominee |
45th British Academy Film Awards
6 nominations, 4 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Roddy Doyle | Winner |
| Best Direction | Alan Parker | Winner |
| Best Editing | Gerry Hambling | Winner |
| Best Film | Winner | |
| Best Sound | Clive Winter, Eddy Joseph, Andy Nelson, Tom Perry, Steve Pederson | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Andrew Strong | Nominee |
12th London Film Critics Circle Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| British Director of the Year | Alan Parker | Winner |
| British Producer of the Year | Roger Randall-Cutler, Lynda Myles | Winner |
| British or Irish Screenwriter of the Year | Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Roddy Doyle | Winner |
4th Tokyo International Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Director Award | Alan Parker | Winner |
| Tokyo Grand Prix Award | Nominee |
1991 Evening Standard British Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Peter Sellers Award for Comedy | Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Roddy Doyle | Winner |
1992 Brit Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Soundtrack | Winner |
34th Australian Film Institute Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Roger Randall-Cutler, Lynda Myles | Nominee |