The Full Monty (1997)
Storyline
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.
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Writers
Cast
Tom Wilkinson, Mark Addy, Robert Carlyle, Lesley Sharp, Paul Barber, Kate Rutter, Hugo Speer, Chris Brailsford, Joanna Swain, Steve Huison, Dave Hill, Andrew Livingston, Steve Garti, Deirdre Costello, William Snape, Emily Woof, Paul Butterworth, Bruce Jones, Vinny Dhillon, Kate Layden, June Broughton, Glenn Cunningham, Malcolm Pitt, Dennis Blanch, Daryl Fishwick, David Lonsdale, Fiona Watts, Muriel Hunt, Theresa Maduemezia, Fiona Nelson
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Reviews
88
Chicago Tribune
Takes a premise that seems ripe for broad, vulgar joking and turns it into a sly, even subtle, comedy.
88
USA Today
Such pure, naked joy is utterly contagious.
80
The A.V. Club
A winning mix of humor and poignant character examination, and a satisfying film.
80
Chicago Reader
This wonderful 1997 comedy--about an unlikely group of men who are determined to strip to music rather than get day jobs--is genuinely effective at inverting gender stereotypes and other assumptions, and it's not the slightest bit heavy-handed.
80
Los Angeles Times
If you don't go expecting the depth and subtlety of a Mike Leigh working-class film, The Full Monty can be heart-warming fun with more serious undertones than you might have expected. [13 August 1997, Calendar, p.F-5]
