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The Commitments

1991 · 118 min · Director: Alan Parker ★ IMDb 7.6 · 43,939 ratings

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Funny, musical and occasionally dramatic, this is the story of tumultuous rise and fall of a Dublin Soul band, The Commitments. Managed by Jimmy Rabbitte, an unemployed wheeler and dealer with a vision to create "The Worlds Hardest Working Band".

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The Commitments (1991) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 30%, Excitement 25%, Inspiration 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor30%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Excitement, Inspiration. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Excitement and Inspiration. Its IMDb rating of 7.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Anticipation
  • Joy

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Anticipation

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Melancholy

Humor
Anticipation
Joy
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorAnticipationJoy
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor43 %40 %23 %27 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Humor48 %46 %26 %23 %
12.5 %≈ 15′Humor49 %49 %29 %21 %
17.5 %≈ 21′Humor49 %49 %31 %24 %
22.5 %≈ 27′Humor51 %51 %31 %25 %
27.5 %≈ 32′Humor51 %50 %32 %26 %
32.5 %≈ 38′Humor48 %44 %35 %26 %
37.5 %≈ 44′Humor46 %41 %36 %24 %
42.5 %≈ 50′Humor51 %45 %41 %24 %
47.5 %≈ 56′Humor55 %45 %43 %24 %
52.5 %≈ 62′Humor55 %45 %34 %21 %
57.5 %≈ 68′Humor54 %49 %24 %21 %
62.5 %≈ 74′Humor50 %46 %23 %21 %
67.5 %≈ 80′Humor48 %43 %29 %21 %
72.5 %≈ 86′Humor51 %43 %39 %26 %
77.5 %≈ 91′Anticipation55 %34 %48 %29 %
82.5 %≈ 97′Anticipation56 %20 %48 %29 %
87.5 %≈ 103′Tension63 %18 %39 %31 %
92.5 %≈ 109′Tension64 %24 %23 %32 %
97.5 %≈ 115′Melancholy57 %30 %10 %33 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

RA
Robert Arkins

MA
Michael Aherne

Maria Doyle Kennedy

Natalie Murphy

DF
Dave Finnegan

Mickah Wallace

Bronagh Gallagher

Bernie McGloughlin

FG
Félim Gormley

Dean Fay

GH
Glen Hansard

Outspan Foster

DM
Dick Massey

Billy Mooney

JM
Johnny Murphy

Joey 'The Lips' Fagan

KM
Ken McCluskey

Derek Scully

AS
Andrew Strong

Deco Cuffe

Colm Meaney

Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr.

AK
Anne Kent

Mrs. Rabbitte

AC
Andrea Corr

Sharon Rabbitte

GC
Gerard Cassoni

Darren Rabbitte

RF
Ruth Fairclough

Rabbitte Twin

LF
Lindsay Fairclough

Rabbitte Twin

MO
Michael O'Reilly

Greg

LC
Liam Carney

Duffy

Details

Directed by
Alan Parker
Written by
Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Roddy Doyle
Type
Movies
Released
1991
Runtime
118 min
Country
Ireland, United Kingdom, United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.6 · 43,939 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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