"Excellent acting. You believed and ended up liking these people. The dialogue was crisp and ranged from outright funny to depressing. I would watch it again. Maybe several times. Based on the films seen at this festival and some major studio releases, I give this five stars."
-Audience Member, River's Edge Film Festival
"COMMIT is an intriguing tale of two people who find one another on the internet, each looking for someone special. Well, rather, each was looking for someone willing to do something extremely special. The structure of the film was quite simple. Presented in three, uncut 30-minute segments, the film is most all dialogue. There's little or no action. Simple conversation. The tale is told in text and presentation. The writing was superb, the exchanges sharp and witty. The acting really was great. Nicole Blaine and Forest Erickson gave engaging and touchable performances. There are such great, intelligent, witty exchanges between Blaine and Erickson, such solid chemistry, discussions that suggest so much to live for, that it is near impossible to believe they are contemplating their own mortality. "Commit" is solid faire. Look for a DVD or an internet presentation. This film will last."
-W. Fred Crow, Milpitas Post
"Commit" (U.S., directed by Mickey Blaine). Two people meet in a coffee shop on what looks to be a blind date. Actually, this guy and gal have darker motives ... but first they have to get to know each other. This comedy-drama seems like a filmed play, with its sharp dialogue, it never makes us lose interest. Will these two people spend the rest of their lives together? Maybe ...
-mlive.com
Commit, an ambitious, dialogue-driven tale of ill-fated lovers, told in three continuous takes.
-David Walker, Willamette Week
The festival's penultimate offering sounds like intriguing filmmaking, and acting. "Commit," by Mickey Blaine, is 90 minutes long and was shot in three uninterrupted takes.
-redbankgreen.com
"Commit," a bold and accomplished film by writer-director Mickey Blaine, which takes place in three uncut takes of about 30 minutes each and details, with snappy writing and sharp acting, the budding relationship between two lonely singles who meet online and make a disturbing pact with one another. Sundance and Hollywood spit out scores of relationship films each year that haven't a fraction of this movie's craft, depth or invention.
-Shawn Levy, Oregon Live
I attended one movie at Cinequest, the San Jose Film Festival. "Commit," directed by Mickey Blaine, was like a well-acted play, with only two characters and three scenes. Two people meet at a hip NYC coffee shop in what looks like a date. They've never met before. We gradually come to understand, between jokes and patter, that they've made a pact on the Internet to help each other commit suicide. They're too chicken to pull the trigger on themselves, but together, they hope to get it done. The movie handles this all so well I never knew how it would end. Two characters, that's all, and two sets, but that's all they needed to tell this story. Good job! I love a good character drama.
-Blog, Body of Evidence
Two strangers meet at a coffee shop for what seems like a blind date. But as the conversation progresses, it becomes clear that this couple, who have never seen each other face to face and who met on the Internet, have actually formed a suicide pact. Problems arise when the couple realizes that they may have finally found something worth living for. Comprised of three continuous takes—one take for each act—and shot over the course of two days, Commit is witty and disturbing, as well as an inspirational achievement in independent filmmaking.
-David Walker, Longbaugh Film Festival
A Great Addition to longbaugh. A great artsy film where they pulled off something pretty miraculous. good job guys…
-Audience member, Longbaugh Film Festival
Really strong writing and acting. Good job with that!
-Audience member, Longbaugh Film Festival
Meanwhile, SoCal filmmaker Mickey Blaine and his wife Nicole took home Best Feature for Commit, an ambitious, dialogue-driven tale of ill-fated lovers, told in three continuous takes.
-David Walker, Willamette Week
A sharply-written, funny, and surprisingly suspenseful 'three-act-drama', 'commit' was – remarkably – shot in 3 continuous, 30-minute takes! Two enormously appealing lead performances make this a commitment well worth keeping.
-Edmonton International Film Festival
Hard to say how I felt walking away from this film. If you take the meaning from the negative (as in what is not there), there is a great message along the way about how we have everything we need right now. And how trying to "amount to something" may not be the way to go in this life. Anyway, it's hilarious, with dialogue that will keep you entirely engaged. 90 min.
-Leslie Brefeld, Summit Daily News