The Commitments review

The commitments is based on a true story of a few lads from Dublin trying to make it in the music business. However each singer’s background and a bad local economy doesn’t make things easier. Is their attempt for success worth a watch?

Story
It all starts with a manager with a dream to start a band that represents the working class. After he sees Deco, a fantastic singer with rough exterior, he immediately starts the search for fellow band members. The audition for other band members is one of the few funny scenes in the movie with all other scenes mostly concerning abusive language and highly emotional band members. Another point worth mentioning is that you’ll barely get to know each members background or character. Which adds to a feeling of why am I watching this?
Visual
The screen quality for a movie from the early 90’ is top notch. The same can be said about the audio and the menu graphics. No real problems here with the DVD release. I don’t know anything about the original version but I assume most aren’t using that one anymore. I know I don’t.

Appeal
Some movies appeal naturally like the Titanic. Others benefit from a strong: beginning, problem, solution system. The commitments doesn’t have anything of that. The story isn’t exciting to watch. It’s almost like you’re watching a documentary. No bad guys or real problems. Some may appeal that the emotional well being of the characters is the problem. But that feels very generic because the audience won’t quickly feel a connection to any of the characters.

Conclusion
The commitments is very decent. But ultimately there isn’t any point in seeing this film. Everything feels generic and the plot is very weak. Want to know whether the band becomes a success or not? Well what do you think? Hint: There isn’t a movie about my neighbors’ garage band.