Commandments

Commandments
For other uses, see Commandment (disambiguation) and Ten Commandments.
Commandments

US DVD cover
Directed by Daniel Taplitz
Produced by Michael Chinich
Daniel Goldberg
Joe Medjuck
Written by Daniel Taplitz
Starring Aidan Quinn
Courteney Cox
Anthony LaPaglia
Music by Joseph Vitarelli
Cinematography Slawomir Idziak
Editing by Michael Jablow
Studio Northern Lights
Universal Pictures
Distributed by Gramercy Pictures
Release date(s) May 2, 1997 (1997-05-02)
Running time 88 min
Country United States
Language English
Box office US$548,562[1]

Commandments is a 1997 romantic comedy-drama which was written and directed by Daniel Taplitz and stars Aidan Quinn, Courteney Cox and Anthony LaPaglia. Its executive producer was Ivan Reitman.

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Synopsis

Ever since Seth Warner's (Aidan Quinn) wife died two years ago, his life has gone to pieces. In his rage he affronts God who seemingly responds by killing his dog. So Seth sets out to break all of the ten commandments. Moving in with his sister-in-law, Rachel (Courteney Cox), and her reporter-husband, Harry (Anthony LaPaglia), he systematically starts breaking each of the commandments, increasingly aided by Harry.

Critical reception

The film has received negative reviews. The movie has received a 21% "rotten" rating by the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes,[2] based on 14 reviews.

References

  1. ^ The Numbers. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
  2. ^ Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2010-04-10.

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