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Commandments (1996)

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Reviews Counted:14

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Rotten:11

Average Rating:4.7/10

Runtime: 88 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: After his wife dies, his career hits the skids, and his dog is struck by lightning, a bitter, exasperated man tries to revenge himself against God by systematically breaking each of the Ten... After his wife dies, his career hits the skids, and his dog is struck by lightning, a bitter, exasperated man tries to revenge himself against God by systematically breaking each of the Ten Commandments. [More]

Starring: Aidan Quinn, Courteney Cox, Anthony LaPaglia

Starring: Aidan Quinn, Courteney Cox, Anthony LaPaglia

Director: Daniel Taplitz

Director: Daniel Taplitz
Producer: Ivan Reitman, Nellie Nugiel
Composer: Joseph Vitarelli
Producer: Michael Chinich, Joe Medjuck, Dan Goldberg

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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.

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Jeff Strickler
Jeff Strickler
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Explores one grieving man's postgraduate course in moral education.

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