Committed (2000)

Director:

Lisa Krueger

Writer (WGA):

Lisa Krueger (written by)

Release Date:

14 July 2000 (Iceland)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

She'll get what she wants...no matter what it takes!

Plot:

A young woman goes in search of her midlife crisis suffering husband who left her.

Plot Keywords:

Acting Musician | Arrest | Auto Repair | Balloon | Baseball Bat

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Heather Graham	...	Joline
Casey Affleck	...	Jay
Luke Wilson	...	Carl
Goran Visnjic	...	Niko / Neil
Patricia Velasquez	...	Carmen
Alfonso Arau	...	Grampy
Mark Ruffalo	...	T-Bo
Kim Dickens	...	Jenny
Clea DuVall	...	Mimi (as Clea Duvall)
Summer Phoenix	...	Meg
Art Alexakis	...	New York Car Thief
Mary Kay Place	...	Psychiatrist
Dylan Baker	...	Carl's Editor
Wood Harris	...	Chicky
Laurel Holloman	...	Adelle

Also Known As:

Non Stop Girl

MPAA:

Rated R for language.

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:L | Malaysia:U | Germany:6 | Singapore:PG | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

El Paso, Texas, USA

Company:

Miramax Films

Trivia:

'Patricia Velazquez' received an "introducing" credit (as Patricia Velasquez) even though this was her seventh feature film.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the "arousing my curiosity" scene, in one shot Neil is wearing yellow gloves, but in the next shot of him, his hands are bare.

Quotes:

Joline: I read somewhere, the reason most relationships break down is that each partner is waiting for the other to fix it. But if you want somebody to stand by you always, you have to be willing to do the same for them, even when they're acting like an idiot.

Don't Commit!

What might've started out as an interesting "pitch" for a movie: a woman so committed to her marriage that when her husband skips out, she randomly drives across the country to look for him.

So, it could be a quirky, wacky, weird indie film if it's populated with the right characters, and script. Unfortunately, they run of ideas as soon as she leaves NYC.

And frankly, it's Heather Graham - we could care less about her after a while. She's just not interesting - she's just bland, boring and frankly stops acting after a while. While they desperately start throwing wacky characters into the mix to revive the movie, it just doesn't work and instead of just calling it a day - they start throwing more characters into the mix so now it's just weird, tedious, boring and really, really long. Luke Wilson's slow drawl acting style slows an already crawling movie to dead halt - why exactly were these two married?

Don't bother and commit to this.