I'm black and I'm proud!

Rating: 8/10 (17 March 2006)

I think that "The Commitments" is definitely one of those feel-good films! I bought the Collector's Edition DVD and I watch this movie about once a month. I just love it because it's hilarious. It's about a group of 20-something year-old, working-class (lower class) Dubliners in the 1990's. Jimmy Rabbitte comes along and gathers them all together to form a soul band, which gives them "something to look forward to." I think that the two funniest characters in the entire film are Joey "the lips", and Jimmy Rabbite Sr. (Colm Meaney). Joey comes along to play the trumpet for the band and he presents himself as some type of mentor who claims to have jammed with all of the greats. At the end of the film, you still don't quite understand what this man was about, which is very funny. Jimmy Sr. is the father of the band's manager, Jimmy Jr., and he's obsessed with the late Elvis Presley. As he says, "Elvis is God!" I think anyone who loves foreign films and comedy (like I do), should watch this movie! I thought their renditions of the songs were excellent too!