The Commitments

Jimmy Rabbitte, just a thick-ya out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females virtually in his back yard, a lead singer (Deco) at a wedding, and, responding to his ad, an aging trumpet player, Joey "The Lips" Fagan.

Cast

Robert Arkins

Robert Arkins

as Jimmy Rabbitte

Michael Aherne

Michael Aherne

as Steven Clifford

Angeline Ball

Angeline Ball

as Imelda Quirke

Maria Doyle Kennedy

Maria Doyle Kennedy

as Natalie Murphy

Dave Finnegan

Dave Finnegan

as Mickah Wallace

Bronagh Gallagher

Bronagh Gallagher

as Bernie McGloughlin

Glen Hansard

Glen Hansard

as Outspan Foster

Félim Gormley

Félim Gormley

as Dean Fay

Johnny  Murphy

Johnny Murphy

as Joey 'The Lips' Fagan

Dick Massey

Dick Massey

as Billy Mooney

Reviews

CinemaSerf

"Jimmy" (Robert Arkins) is a bit of a restless, creative, spirit and a man who is bored with the Dublin music scene. To rectify matters, he and his pal "Joey" (Johnny Murphy) - aka 'The Lips" decide to hold auditions to create a band. A band with an unique sound to challenge the prevailing mediocrit...

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