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Commandments (1997) -- A distraught and suicidal man chooses to express his utter loss of faith by breaking each of God's Ten Commandments.
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Overview

User Rating:
5.5/10   923 votes
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Director:
Daniel Taplitz
Writer (WGA):
Daniel Taplitz (written by)
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Release Date:
2 May 1997 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
A comedy that breaks the rules. more
Plot:
Seth Warner has reached the end of his rope. Ever since his wife died two years earlier, his world has been in turmoil... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
The story has it all - death, sex, and God. more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Aidan Quinn ... Seth Warner

Courteney Cox ... Rachel Luce

Anthony LaPaglia ... Harry Luce
Shirl Bernheim ... Sylvia Andrew
Peter Jacobson ... Banker
Patrick Garner ... Banker
Marcia DeBonis ... Receptionist

Pamela Gray ... Melissa Murphy
Lisa Louise Langford ... Paramedic
Chris McGinn ... Nurse
Louis Zorich ... Rudy Warner

Scott Sowers ... Detective Malhoney
Pat McNamara ... Police Chief Warren
Jack Gilpin ... Gordon Bloom

Amy Sedaris ... Scholar
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language and sexuality.
Runtime:
88 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Sound Mix:
DTS
Certification:
Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | UK:15 | UK:18 (video premiere) | USA:R

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Rudy: Who among us knows the way of the Lord?
Seth: I have a theory. He's a raving psychotic.
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Movie Connections:
References Bonnie and Clyde (1967) more
Soundtrack:
After Dark more

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The story has it all - death, sex, and God., 8 December 2007
6/10
Author: lastliberal from Florida

One thing I can say for Courteney Cox, she really got hotter with Kurt Russel in 3000 Miles to Graceland than she did with Aidan Quinn here. Not that she wasn't hot, but Kurt got the better deal.

This was a quirky black comedy about a man who lost his reason for living and decided to damn god and break all his commandments. Well, damning god is breaking one of them. Hooking up with his sister-in-law was just one of the ten, but what kept you interested was how he was going to break the "Thou Shalt Not Kill" one.

Good support by Anthony LaPaglia as Courtney's husband, Harry. "I break 5 or 6 commandments every day before lunch." Not a good man, but, you know how that karma thing works. It all ended well.

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