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Committed (2000)
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Reviews Counted:37
Fresh:17
Rotten:20
Average Rating:5.4/10
Consensus: Critics say Committed is one of those films that shows promise -- some sort of vision -- of what the movie could have been. The key word is "could." As it is, the script is predictable, the story becomes tedious, and it's simply not funny. Heather Graham shows she can play a central character, but she's not enough to make Committed successful.
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis:
Ever since Joline (HEATHER GRAHAM) married Carl (LUKE WILSON), she's madly in love, emotionally bonded and totally committed... even though Carl walked out on her two weeks ago.
Convinced she...
Ever since Joline (HEATHER GRAHAM) married Carl (LUKE WILSON), she's madly in love, emotionally bonded and totally committed... even though Carl walked out on her two weeks ago.
Convinced she can save her marriage, she drives two thousand miles west on a comic adventure to track down her wayward husband. Along the way, she has close calls with a pair of highway robbers, a Mexican witchdoctor and more than one cactus.
But the real odyssey begins when Joline winds up in El Paso, Texas, finds Carl and stakes out his new life...from her car. With a little help from her brother Jay (CASEY AFFLECK) his new girlfriend Carmen (PATRICIA VELASQUEZ) and Neil (GORAN VISNJIC), her tantalizing "neighbor," she discovers the ups and downs of being the most committed woman in America.
Starring: Heather Graham, Luke Wilson, Casey Affleck, Goran Visnjic
Starring: Heather Graham, Luke Wilson, Casey Affleck, Goran Visnjic, Patricia Velasquez, Alfonso Arau, Mark Ruffalo, Kim Dickens, Clea DuVall, Jon Stewart, Dylan Baker, Summer Phoenix, Mary Kay Place
Director: Lisa Krueger
Director: Lisa Krueger
Screenwriter: Lisa Krueger
Producer: Dean Silvers, Marlen Hecht
Composer: Calexico
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Release:
Oct 10, 2000
Reviews for Committed
A preachy mess that may have had good intentions, but any possible impact is left in a ditch at the side of the road.
It mistakes the accumulation of odd moments for character development -- and for the most part these characters remain fairly inscrutable.
Krueger deserves credit for pulling off what amounts to a madcap date movie.
Committed boldly sifts through our all too human absurdities, but it never loses its path to the final message, and one well worth waiting for.
In the end the film feels like a missed opportunity to examine something real.
Combines what seems like every indie cliché into a single motion picture.
Although the story contains more style than substance, Krueger's follow-up to Manny and Lo still has plenty to offer.
The deep empathy, ditsy humor and eccentricity of Krueger's vision are what carries it all off.
Until it backs itself into a narrative corner, Lisa Krueger's Committed. is a delightfully unpredictable experience.
Not only does Committed bottom out on the old Whims-O-Meter, but it achieves notoriety by rendering indie poster girl Heather Graham thoroughly wearisome.
Although it never quite overcomes a severe case of the cutes, Committed boasts enough grace notes to earn a mild recommendation.
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