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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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Review by kayla ★★★★

I just really love that this was nominated for best picture at the 1998 Oscars
Review by Naughty aka Juli Norwood ★★★★★

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.

Recent reviews

Review by Jonah Rashidfarokhy ★★★★½

no penis???!??!?? fuck!!??!
Review by JT1997 ★★★½

A better, funnier, very British version of Magic Mike. Bonus points for having a young Robert Baratheon stripping to Tom Jones’ “You Can Leave Your Hat On”.
Review by Darien Ferrales ★★★★

I thought this was about a heist. Was WAY off.
Review by nathankerce ★★★

Once you get past the dated gay panic jokes in the film's early moments (honestly pretty tame for the '90s but still), this is pretty funny if not a little bit boring in spots. There is a lot of build-up for just a single stripping scene at the very end which is honestly pretty disappointing. If this ever gets remade we'd better see some serious dong.

P.S.
Tom Wilkinson is oddly hot in this.
Review by CelyWonka

Ojalá no tuviera pullas homófobas y machistas porque la recordaba divertida y tierna, y lo es, cuando no recurre a esas cosas.
Review by Marina Vidal ★★★½

The characters in this film go through a lot and end up in a very similar situation to the one they started at, but there is nothing like a good musical number scene to forget about that and focus on how good of a film The Full Monty is.
Review by CinemaMonAmour ★★★½ 2

Great, thanks to this movie I'm gonna feel self-confident for the next 15 minutes before going back to hating myself again
Review by Nicopneda ★★★★½

La ausencia de la industria generó esta linda historia. Feliz de encontrar una comedia no tonta que me guste.
Review by Charlie Kessler

This is delightful as hell.