when did the movie the commitments come out
The Commitments (film) The Commitments is a 1991 Irish-British-American musical comedy-drama film directed by Alan Parker. The film is an adaptation of Roddy Doyle's 1987 novel of the same name, the first book in his Barrytown Trilogy. The story follows Jimmy Rabbitte (Robert Arkins), a young music fanatic living in the Dublin Northside who assembles a group of working-class youths to form a soul band named The Commitments.