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The Full Monty

1997 Directed by Peter Cattaneo

The year's most revealing comedy.

Sheffield, England. Gaz, a jobless steelworker in need of quick cash persuades his mates to bare it all in a one-night-only strip show.

Robert Carlyle Mark Addy William Snape Steve Huison Tom Wilkinson Paul Barber Hugo Speer Lesley Sharp Emily Woof Deirdre Costello Paul Butterworth Dave Hill Bruce Jones Andrew Livingston Vinny Dhillon Kate Layden Joanna Swain Kate Rutter June Broughton Glenn Cunningham Chris Brailsford Steve Garti Malcolm Pitt Dennis Blanch Daryl Fishwick David Lonsdale Muriel Hunt Fiona Watts Theresa Maduemezia Show All… Fiona Nelson

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comedy

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Review by Naughty ★★★★★

Hilarious subject matter with the most likeable motley crew ever to grace the big screen!

Easily among my top 10 Comedies that I watch atleast once a year! Killer soundtrack and a fabulous cast that elevates comedy to a whole new level! One of the BEST Buddy films ever!
Review by Andy Summers ★★★½ 1

Peter Cattaneo's The Full Monty came along at a time when the British film industry was experiencing a bit of a lull after the success of Four Weddings & A Funeral. A money-making phenomenon, it has the perfect mix of comedy and drama and appealed to all age groups despite some rather risque scenes and some colorful language.
The plot all boils down to the story of six men and their life of drudgery as unemployment and social hardship take their toll on the streets of the industrial City Of Sheffield. Featuring Robert Carlyle in the main role and starring the comedic talents of Tom Wilkinson, Paul Barber, and Mark Addy, this sees them hatch an idea to perform as strippers…
Review by Mr. DuLac ★★★★

He's fat, you're thin, and you're both fucking ugly.
-Gerald

The gang in Magic Mike don't have anything on Gaz and the gang. All Channing Tatum and his guys have are bulging muscles and sex appeal while these boys are unemployed, obese, impotent, old, depressed and suicidal. There's even a ginger in there for good measure. It's not even a contest.

I've always been told this movie was good, but I'm not quite sure why I never got around to watching it before. It finds humor in the face of hardship and I'm a sucker for that kind of comedy. The cast is damn fantastic too with Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy and Tom Wilkinson easily being the standouts.

It tackles all these serious issues with an end game solution that is both ridiculous and perfect.
Review by David Topper ★★★½

There is something about the British, who are often said to be "cold", that they are able to make a terrific comedy out of every situtation.

A woman learnin to drive? You have Happy Go-Lucky.
A zombie Rom-Com? Shaun of the Dead is for you.

Now we get 6 unemployed, Sheffield born brits who decide to make money by stripping. Not only stripping, but going the "Full Monty" (taking off all your cloths).

The Full Monty does not try to be overly sentimental. It does not try to preach, and does not try to inject sadness to pump up the story.

All the tension, the jokes and story come from the blokes trying to learn how to dance/strip, and their…
Review by Silent J ★★★★½ 2

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.
Review by Andre de Nervaux ★★★★

The only Robert Carlyle performance where i can actually understand what he's saying.

Recent reviews

Review by Ryan Colleran ★★★★

Sexy !
Review by Rosie McCarthy ★★★★

This film really is amazing in the way that it captures the stresses on working class men who struggle to find work. I admire the grit and bitterness that follows some of the characters, and the embarrassment that they express from their current situation. The characters are well rounded, and the dancing is also rather fabulous.
Review by Liam Dillon ★★★½

"Some really great performances here and the storyline about average joe factory workers becoming male strippers is hilarious... :o)"
Review by Mordoc ★★★½

A great laugh - with much poignancy
Review by Shane Wallick ★★★★

Tom Wilkinson makes me happy.
Review by elliexstorey ★★★★

okay my experience watching this film is so thoroughly entertaining that it's gets a whole star more than i would normally give it

day #71 of 100 DAYS OF FILM:
no. 59 - a film set in England
Review by Nathan ★★

The Full Monty is regarded as a benchmark for British Cinema, but it really was a product of circumstance that allowed it to be the success that it became.

For example, Robert Carlyle's character was originally going to be played by Rodney from Only Fools and Horses.

For example the original title for the film - still breakfast related - was Eggs, Beans and Chippendales.

For example Fox Searchlight had to insist on more footage to be shot, as the film was too short.

The success was aided greatly by the death of Princess Diana, an event that plunged Britain into a media-led depressive state, and while the September slot is usually for dead wood, The Full Monty was the…
Review by Juliette ★★★★

A classic British comedy, with a bunch of characters facing the struggles of working-class life, unemployment, suicide, body-issues etc. The set up is a lot of fun, and the climatic scene of their strip show has you grinning the whole way through. But when those hats are thrown away and 'The Full Monty' is revealed - the credits roll. It's a bit of an abrupt ending, but I guess the show being a success is all the pay off you need.
Review by Doğukan Büyükkorkmaz ★★★½

7/10