Contains the inexpressibly perfect line of any movie

Rating: 10/10 (17 May 2005)

As we know there are only three basic kinds of songs: I love you why don't you love me? I love you and I want to do you Let's party!
The Commitments is the perfect extended video of the third type of song. A bunch of foul mouthed layabouts follow the guidance of Jimmy Rabbitte and form a loud rocking band. Which eventually follows under the curse of all loud rocking pub bands: comes to ignominious end. It's a good thing I haven't seen the flick for years because I can only remember one detail: the band are going to one of their apartments in a huge, gritty Dublin public housing development. They all squeeze into the failing elevator. At one stop on the way to the top of the building, a kid and a horse get on. When asked what the hell? the kid replies, "AAH, the stairs'll kill 'um." It's as good a line as any I know.
Great flick, please see it and anything else you can get your hands on that has Roddy Doyle's name on it.