Commandments (1996)
Average Rating: 4.6/10
Reviews Counted: 16
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 13
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Average Rating: 5/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 5
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In this dark comedy, Seth Warner (Aidan Quinn) is a good man having a run of bad luck. His pregnant wife disappeared in the ocean during a trip to the beach, a tornado destroyed his house while leaving everything else in the neighborhood untouched, his boss fired him, and he was struck by a bolt of lightning that also injured his dog. While recovering in the hospital, Seth comes to the conclusion that God has cursed him. His brother-in-law Harry (Anthony LaPaglia) thinks that this conclusion is
May 2, 1997 Wide
Nov 23, 2004
MCA Universal Home Video
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Aidan Quinn
Seth Warner -
Courteney Cox
Rachel Luce -
Anthony LaPaglia
Harry Luce -
Louis Zorich
Rudy Warner -
Pamela Gray
Melissa Murphy -
Pat McNamara
Police Chief -
Tom Aldredge
Mr. Mann -
Alice Drummond
Mrs. Mann -
Kevin Dunn
David Ward -
Jack Gilpin
Gordon Bloom -
Joanna Going
Karen Warner -
Amy Sedaris
Scholar -
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Tries to go both ways with the material, mining the plot for laughs and profound existential drama, but nothing gels on either level.
Explores one grieving man's postgraduate course in moral education.
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