On a String vs The Commitments
On a String and The Commitments are tied on audience score (7.3/10). On a String is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 58m. The Commitments is the older of the two (1991 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
On a String
The Commitments| On a String | The Commitments | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.3/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1991 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 1h 58m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Music | Comedy, Drama, Music |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Isabel Hagen | Alan Parker |
| Main cast | Eric Bogosian, Dylan Baker, Frederick Weller, Charlie Ray, Jamie Lee | Colm Meaney, Bronagh Gallagher, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Angeline Ball, Andrea Corr |
Synopsis
On a String
A young, Juilliard-trained violist is still living at home with her parents in the heart of NYC, while trying to make a living playing gigs with her friends in the homes of strangers.
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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