Committed (2000)

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

Director:

Lisa Krueger

Writer:

Lisa Krueger

Stars:

Heather Graham, Casey Affleck, Luke Wilson

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Heather Graham	...	Joline
Casey Affleck	...	Jay
Luke Wilson	...	Carl
Goran Visnjic	...	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

Storyline

The plot of "Committed" is centered around the story of an intense young woman, played by Graham, whose husband leaves her in order to find himself. She then follows him cross-country and when she catches up with him, complications arise.

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Plot Keywords:

breakup | dog | texas mexico border | escape from a mental institution | committed to asylum | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language

Did You Know?

Trivia

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

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Goofs

When Joline enters Texas she bursts her tyre. Initially it is on the front left side of the car. Followed by a shot of it on the back left. This can be seen when the man who fixes her tyre is standing in the back of the car.

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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.

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Connections

Featured in At the Movies: Gladiator/Up at the Villa/Committed/I Dreamed of Africa/The Virgin Suicides (2000)

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Soundtracks

Release Me (And Let Love In)
Written by Robert Yount (as R. Yount), Eddie Miller (as E. Miller), Dub Williams (as D. Williams)
Performed by Little Esther Phillips (as Esther Phillips)
Published by Acuff-Rose Music, Inc./Roschelle Publishing (BMI)
International Rights Secured
All Rights Reserved
Used by Permission
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products

User Reviews

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.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

18 April 2000 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Committed

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$11,452, 30 April 2000

Gross USA:

$40,361

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$40,361

Company Credits

Production Co:

Miramax

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1