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- Cheeky and infectiously good-natured, The Full Monty bares its big beating heart with a sly dose of ribald comedy.
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Aug 27, 1997 · “The Full Monty” is about more than inventiveness in the face of unemployment. It's about ordinary blokes insisting that their women regard them as men--job or no job. If they're reduced to stripping to pay the bills, well, a lot of women know all about that. This is the undertone, and yet the movie develops a broad, healthy band of humor.
Parents need to know that despite its racy premise (a group of unemployed male steelworkers turn to stripping to make ends meet), this is a surprisingly warm film, very family-friendly for those with older children. Though the frontal male "full monty" of the title never materializes, several scenes feature….
- Peter Cattaneo
- Joyce Slaton
- Mark Addy, Robert Carlyle, Tom Wilkinson
Cheeky and infectiously good-natured, The Full Monty bares its big beating heart with a sly dose of ribald comedy. Read Critics Reviews. TOP CRITIC. Feb 28, 2018. TOP CRITIC. Rated: B • Sep 7,...
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- The Ending of ‘The Full Monty’ Brings Joy After A Lot of Bleakness
- The Reaction from The Audience Was Entirely Genuine
- The Set of ‘The Full Monty’ Was Boozier Than Most
The Full Monty follows Gaz (Robert Carlyle) and his not-so-merry, eccentric band of mates as they struggle to navigate an unemployment crisis that leaves them unable to provide for themselves or their spouses (and in Gaz’s case, his child). Fed up with begging for non-existent employment as a result of Sheffield’s deindustrialization, Gaz decides t...
Watching the first act of The Full Monty, you’d be hard-pressed to find any joy on the horizon. It’s nothing but struggle and tears until the band comes together, embodied by the final ensemble’s assembly and the desperate reasons they fight to put on a show. Gaz is only in it to earn some money to maintain custody over his child, who always compla...
According to The Guardian, director Peter Cattaneo was well aware that he wouldn’t be able to show any actual, full-frontal male nudity in the final cut. While he originally considered covering the men’s privates with the cheering arms of the crowd, it proved too complicated. He opted instead for the iconic freeze-frame of bums facing the audience,...
While alcohol on a film set is generally a hard no, The Full Monty proved an exception born from necessity. The final scene was actually shot in an old, dusty, and cold working men’s club, leading to difficulties for the cast members’ performances given they were practically nude throughout. According to The Guardian, to keep them warm, they were h...
- Orestes Adam
- Features Writer
Jun 14, 2023 · 'The Full Monty' Movie Review: A Flawed Comedy About Community and Happiness in Hard Times. By Elisa Guimarães. Published Jun 14, 2023. With or without clothes on, this 1997 classic remains...
- Senior Features Writer
The consensus reads, "Cheeky and infectiously good-natured, The Full Monty bares its big beating heart with a sly dose of ribald comedy." [13] On Metacritic , which assesses films with a score out of 100, the film has a score of 75 based on 31 critics' reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Jun 14, 2023 · Case in point: The 1997 film The Full Monty, where six doughy laid-off steelworkers from Sheffield take it all off for a good cause. Twenty-six years later, the gang are back, older and...
