California Schemin' vs The Commitments
The Commitments has the higher audience score (7.3/10 against 6/10 for California Schemin'). California Schemin' is the shorter watch at 1h 47m compared with 1h 58m. The Commitments is the older of the two (1991 against 2026). Both are comedy, drama, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
California Schemin'
The Commitments| California Schemin' | The Commitments | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.0/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 1991 |
| Length | 1h 47m | 1h 58m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Music | Comedy, Drama, Music |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | James McAvoy | Alan Parker |
| Main cast | James Corden, David Witts, James McAvoy, Samuel Bottomley, Amber Anderson | Colm Meaney, Bronagh Gallagher, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Angeline Ball, Andrea Corr |
Synopsis
California Schemin'
In the late 1990s, Gavin Bain and Billy Boyd had their musical ambitions consistently ridiculed for having the 'wrong' accents, so they went for broke and reinvented themselves as Californian rappers. The duo re-recorded their own tracks with fake accents and turned up in London claiming to be an established duo on the Cali scene as well as childhood friends with Eminem. They quickly bagged themselves a record deal, a hefty sum in advances, and…
The Commitments
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.
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