Bizarre but true: For all its raucous soul sound, "The Commitments" turns out to be a reinvention of old-fashioned Mickey-and-Judy musicals. But where they "put the show on right here," this is Roddy Doyle's tale (previously a novel and the 1991 Alan Parker movie) of a wannabe manager kicking a feckless bunch of no-hope musicians... Read more »
SOURCE: Variety at 04:30PM on October 9, 2013