It's like watching the Monty Python troupe only instead of a bunch of British folks doing physical comedy, it's a bunch of British folks getting physical, stripping and what not. Ok, it's nothing like Monty Python, but it's still pretty fucking funny.

If you ever wanted to see Tom Wilkinson strip down to his bare ass, this is clearly the film for you.

Nothing says "friendship" like two friends seeing a film about some male strippers together.
Probably should have been the tagline...

Knobs at Night
See it with a bud.

I would never have thought of watching this film if it weren't for Film Studies class. The idea of Robert Carlyle stripping bollock naked never really appealed.

But, it's great. It opens in an abandoned steel mill, and instantly degenerates into the two protagonists, Gaz and Dave, rocking on a sunken car in the middle of a Sheffield canal.

Only gripe is that whilst the laughs are plentiful, they're never full-on laugh out loud. Yes, they make you titter and giggle, just never belt out laughing, as they should. But maybe it's just me. You see for yourself.

All you need to know is that it's funny, it's brilliantly written, perfectly acted and an all round good film.

Peter Catteano’s hilarious black comedy is inherently British, but the themes at the centre of its delightfully evocative narrative will affect people universally. The film offers a perfect blend of unrestrained humour and touching drama to give an immensely rewarding experience. This 1997 masterpiece will be recognised for many years to come as one of the greatest British films of all-time.

Laughs per minute: 0.5.

Oddly this film is very similar to Magic Mike in how it deals with the fact that people are becoming male strippers not because they like it but rather to make money in order to survive and instead of Magic Mike being the more serious film, The Full Monty wants to make a farce out of it in order to not be taken to serious and I guess it worked with 4 Oscar nods.

I finally saw this film, 15 years after came out, I had avoided it as I had heard so many good things that I did not wanted to be disappointed. Very disappointed that I waited as long to see this film which was hilarious, I actually had tears running down my cheeks as I watched this film and saw what the men were willing to do to survive in the circumstances they find themselves in. I would recommend that everybody take the opportunity to watch this film and enjoy the comedy that ensues.

Like a British Magic Mike, but instead of Channing Tatum and Matthew McConaughey we get Robert Carlyle, Tom Wilkinson and that fat bloke off the Tesco adverts. I jest. This is a quintessentially British film, of downtrodden Sheffield men, economically dejected after the collapse of the steel industry, rising above adversity by taking off their clothes. It's very funny (the guys watch Flashdance for inspiration and end up discussing the flaws in her welding technique), sweet and very funny (I said that already..). It's an iconic film, and it's title has entered the pop-culture lexicon. And it's very funny.

Peter Catteano’s hilarious black comedy is inherently British, but the themes at the centre of its delightfully evocative narrative will affect people universally. The film offers a perfect blend of unrestrained humour and touching drama to give an immensely rewarding experience. This 1997 masterpiece will be recognised for many years to come as one of the greatest British films of all-time.

Laughs per minute: 0.5.

This film always resonates strongly with me because it is set where I grew up in Sheffield.

Meh. Withholds the funniest situation till the end. It's the worst tendency of British comedy: the movie is mostly depressing characters doing nothing, interspersed with some decently funny scenes. Really nothing special.

Finally saw this. On VHS.

I found this film quite insulting. Taking the viewer to be an idiot as it leads you by hand through an uncomplicated dialogue without visual clues - mind numbingly brainless boring film. On my rewatch for University I was thinking, "it's not as bad as I remember," but now I actually think that it is worse as I read more into it. Some laughs but all based on the same joke. A good cast matched with grey characters. Dreadful. (Vent complete)

A rewatch after about 15 years. Still much to enjoy in the film.

Quite amusing in parts but very cringey too.
A good laugh