The Commitments was recently voted the best Irish Film ever.
I would agree with this. (And lets face it, it hasn't got much competition)
Most people I have asked this question to have also said The Commitments is the best one.
Does anyone disagree?
i love this movie and im only 13 but to me its the second best irish film to me the best irish film is a film called "in the name of my father"
shareYou could be right, but Intermission is a fairly good movie as well. That movie may very well turn into a cult classic now that it has been reseased on DVD in the States.
I don't disagree - but two other good ones are The Secret of Roan Inish and Into the West.
shareThe General, starring Brendan Gleeson, Jon Voight, Maria-Doyle Kennedy, and Angeline Ball. The film adds the human touch to one of Dublin's most infamous and compelling personalities. The music naturally flows behind the artfully employed black and white film. The life of Martin Cahill illustrates the very best and very worst of Ireland and the spirit of its people. The Commitments is an extremely close second.
shareWhat about Veronica Guerin? Really enjoyed that - not as much as The Commitments though.
shareWhy limit it to the Irish? It's on my top ten list regardless of origin.
share" (And lets face it, it hasn't got much competition) "
Ah now I wouldnt agree with that! There have been plenty of great Irish movies. Inside im dancing was a great example of a little known recent Irish movie that was excellent. Irish movies just dont get the exposure they deserve outside of Ireland. One of the best is "The Rocky Road to Dublin". CHeck it out for yourself
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i like the film waking ned...isnt that irish?..
shareAh, be fair. It hasn't much competition. I'm in irishman and the standard of films coming out of ireland is horrible. We get the odd gem every now and again. The General, In the NAme of The Father and probably the best ever Irish Film, My Left Foot. There is just no money being put into the irish film industry. And lets be honest it would probably be wasted money as Ireland will never compete with the Jerry Bruckheimers of this world. As long as you can blow a huge budget on explosions and car crashes and all sorts of *beep* a good story doesn't seem to matter.
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I'm American and the quality of movies coming out of everywhere is horrible. There is the odd gem now and again, though.
Seriously, though, no matter the medium or genre, the old truism holds: 90% of everything is crap.
even though it's not made in ireland, boondock saints is a great movie about irish-americans in southie
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Just ann FYI, that truism is known as: Sturgeon's Law /prov./ "Ninety percent of everything is crap". Derived from a quote by science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon, who once said, "Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud. That's because 90% of everything is crud." Oddly, when Sturgeon's Law is cited, the final word is almost invariably changed to `crap'.
shareThere are feckin loads of great Irish films, so I dunno where your gettin it hasnt much competition from,
The General, I went down, Borstal boy, The Butcher boy, The Crying game,
The Guard, Intermission, The Magdelene sisters, Michael Collins, My Left Foot, Six shooter, Sweeney Barret, Some mothers son, The Treaty, The Van, Veronica Guerin, The Snapper, War of the buttons, The wind that shakes the barley, Im sure theres plenty more I cant think of right now, so to say there isnt much competition is stupid.
I agree. It is one of the best films ever.
shareI haven't seen many Irish films being here in the states so I can't claim The Commitments to be the best, buts it's one of my all time favorites. It's a shame really that I don't get to see many more.
I did have the pleasure of seeing Inside I'm Dancing and The General. I really enjoyed those as well. I would love to see more foreign films myself. I am soooo glad I have the IFC Channel.
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no really--my left food, name of the father, the commitments, neil jordan films...the general was fantastic--as was inside i'm dancing:)
I would have to agree with the previous poster and say that The Commitments is one of the greatest films ever-whether of Irish origin or not. Also, I agree that the vast majority of U.S. films are s#@t. Besides The General, I also enjoyed The Van.
shareI'm going to have to agree about Inside I'm Dancing (aka Rory O'Shea Was Here - really had me confused for a minute) but other than that the only Irish films I've seen are Boondock Saints (if that even counts) and of course The Commitments.
shareno way...the best ever Irish film has got to be "Intermission"
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You got that right, man.
I Went Down is a terrific film.
I just found out about it earlier this year (I'm in the US), and it's now one of my favorites.
I can't believe that it's not out on DVD, though. I mean, what the hell.
the snapper is my faveourite , then the butcher boy , my left foot and then the commitments.
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well....the trouble is to specify what you call "irish" cinema...since most of the "cult" films set in ireland are made with irish(sometimes british) actors and english or americans directors and studios...stephen frears (the snapper, the van),alan parker (the commitments)..and so on..neil jordan and jim sheridan work with holywood studios....i don't mean they're not "irish" but that their cnematic representations of ireland is obsiously biased.... "intermission" was from the irish local film industry..and is probably more reprensentative...
nevertheless..."in the name of the father" (which i consider to be a "british" film) is one of my favourite films...
anyway i'm not blindly against big foreign productions...i'm french and i think Michel Gondry's american produced films are wonderful and are a great opportunity for him...because they didn't restrain his creativity in the slightest....(on the contrary...i think the american idenpendant cuircuit gave him a lot of freedom.. french cinema tends to be extremely static, stuck in its own conventions) unlike some of neil jornan's movies..but in his case i don't think the american studios are to blame...he is essentially a commercial director trying to pass as a european "local" artist.(sorry if i don't make any sense...for my defense i'm french *and* drunk...:))
Yeah. The Commitments would probably be my favourite too.
Nods to;
In the Name of the Father
I Went Down
This is my Father
My Left Foot
All very enjoyable.
And *obviously* that episode of Murder, She Wrote when Jessica comes to "Oirelandt" - a true classic.
Ahem...
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My favourite Irish film is Intermission.
shareIt gets my vote for best Irish film and one of the best of the 1990s -- regardless of nation of origin.
But "The Field" gets honorable mention -- although not too many people outside of Ireland like it. I didn't like it the first time I saw it (I'm from the U.S.), but once I knew more about Irish history, I saw it with new eyes. But even so, it has some flaws.
The Commitments, however, doesn't seem to miss a note (no pun intended). It's funny AND serious, and so rich visually and verbally.
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Erm. Anybody here seen Hear My Song?
I rather like that and, apart from the fact that the leads are Scottish (Adrian Dunbar) and American (Ned Beatty, William Hootkins).
It caught me by surprise - I don't even know why I started to watch it, but I stuck with it. Maybe because of the cow and the well. And now I've seen it 3 times, and always enjoyed it. Hell, I'm even starting to think I might buy a Joseph Locke album!
Adrian Dunbar is in fact Irish, he's from Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh in Northern Ireland, where I am from!
shareAdrian Dunbar. Classic Irish name - that's what caught me out...
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I'll do penance by admitting that he's 2 weeks younger than me...
Best irish Film: The Quiet Man :b
hehehehehe.
Ok, its The Commitments.
I saw it back in 1991 when it first came out. My first impression was that it was hyped up a lot before it was first aired. Pure rubbish is what it is I didn't bother watching it since. If this is the best Irish film ever God help the rest.
sharedoes Bloody Sunday count? I mean it did win Best Picture at Sundance in 2002.
shareOnce?
shareAbsolutely, and I really liked "The Commitments." "Once" raised the bar by an order of magnitude (although you could actually call it "The Commitments - Outspan's Story" since "The Guy" could be be him, twenty years after his final, foreshadowing scene in the first movie.
shareI love The Commitments, but another favorite is "The Informer" starring Victor McLaglen. Amazing movie, although I believe it was filmed in the US. Most people here have probably never heard of it as it was filmed in 1935.
sharethe Irish films that I have seen are very limited, but I have to say they were all very good!!
The Committments
Once
Into the West
Inside I'm Dancing/Rory O'Shea Was Here
The Committments, being the best in my opinion, is pretty hard to top.
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'Bueller', it seems a whole slew of American local TV stations agree with you because whenever I'm in some city on St Pat's Day some station is inevitably showing that movie, which although the story takes place in Ireland, I think it's as "Irish" as "Darby O'Gill & the Little People". ;)
I, too, love The Commitments. Not my #1 Irish flick favorite, there are a slew already mentioned that I would list above. For example, "Agnes Browne," "...Roan Inish," are just two I'd place above it, but damn that move keeps my attention everytime I watch it & it does bring on a cracky-faced smile. And of course any movie where the adorable Angeline Ball gets to play her quadfecta (her thespian talent, her voice, her face, & her beautiful gams) has to be up there as a gem.