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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 31 Jul 2001

It’s the old Monkees trick: If you can’t find a band, manufacture one…

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 19 Dec 1998

As The Commitments goes on, you begin to weary of the one-note characters, who don’t so much converse as exchange arch put-downs…

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By Jack Yeovil (6) for Empire (3,446) on 30 Dec 1997

This is an infectious musical story of rise-and-fall…

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By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 08 Mar 1997

Classic genre movies may be a scarce commodity, but this gutsy crime thriller and female buddy movie qualifies in spades…

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By Rita Kempley (781) for Washington Post (9,851) on 04 Aug 1995

It spins its wheels in a giddy sort of way, then puts the pedal to the mettle, lays rubber and fairly takes wing…

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By Jay Carr (837) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 24 Apr 1995

Commitments, adapted by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais from the Roddy Doyle book, exults in its own world…

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By Kathleen Maher (33) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 17 Apr 1995

The movie isn't about the band, really; it's about having a chance when the cards are stacked against it. It's about climbing out…

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By Mike Clark (1,024) for USA Today (4,117) on 17 Jun 1992

This is probably Alan Parker's best film, in part because it's one of his most modest…

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By Janet Maslin (949) for The New York Times (9,847) on 17 Apr 1992

It looks like director Parker, who can be quite ambitious (Mississippi Burning, Come See the Paradise), is coasting this time, merely reworking…

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