Power Ballad vs The Commitments
The Commitments has the higher audience score (7.3/10 against 7/10 for Power Ballad). Power Ballad is the shorter watch at 1h 39m 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.
Power Ballad
The Commitments| Power Ballad | The Commitments | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 1991 |
| Length | 1h 39m | 1h 58m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Music | Comedy, Drama, Music |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | John Carney | Alan Parker |
| Main cast | Keith McErlean, Peter McDonald, Marcella Plunkett, Paul Rudd, Jack Reynor | Colm Meaney, Bronagh Gallagher, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Angeline Ball, Andrea Corr |
Synopsis
Power Ballad
When Rick, a past-his-prime wedding singer, meets fading boy-band star Danny during a gig, the two bond over music and a late-night jam session. But when Danny turns one of Rick’s songs into the hit that reignites his career, Rick sets out to reclaim the recognition he believes he deserves - even if it means risking everything he cares about.
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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