The Commitments (1991) - Where to Watch

Want to watch 'The Commitments' on any device? Check out streaming services and cable providers with rental, purchase, and subscription options, so you can pick what works best for you. In the US, you can currently rent, buy, or stream 'The Commitments' via subscription on Shout! Factory TV.

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Here are some helpful extras before you press play about the Beacon Communications, First Film Company, Dirty Hands Productions drama flick. The Commitments starring Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle Kennedy has a R rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 58 min. The release date of the movie is August 14th, 1991. The movie received a user score of 73/100 on TMDb, which reflects reviews from 587 active users.

Looking for a quick synopsis? Here's the plot: "Jimmy Rabbitte, just a thick-ya out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females virtually in his back yard, a lead singer (Deco) at a wedding, and, responding to his ad, an aging trumpet player, Joey "The Lips" Fagan."

'The Commitments' Release Dates

Watch in Movie Theaters on August 14th, 1991

Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting January 1st, 1991 - Buy The Commitments DVD

The Barrytown Trilogy Movies

The Barrytown Trilogy is an Irish comedy-drama media franchise centered on the Rabbittes, a working-class family from Barrytown, Dublin. It began in 1988 when Beacon Pictures and 20th Century Fox bought the rights to the 1987 novel The Commitments by Roddy Doyle shortly after it was published. The book was successful, as was Alan Parker's 1991 film adaptation. The film received cult status and is regarded as one of the best Irish films ever made. In 1999, the British Film Institute ranked the film at number 38 on its list of the "100 best British films of the century", based on votes from 1,000 leading figures of the film industry. A sequel novel, The Snapper, was published in 1990, followed by a film adaptation in 1993. A third novel, The Van, was published and shortlisted for the 1991 Booker Prize, followed by a film adaptation in 1996.