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Director:
Writer:
Simon Beaufoy (written by)
Release Date:
13 August 1997 (USA)
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Tagline:
Six men. With nothing to lose. Who dare to go.... See more »
Plot:
Six unemployed steel workers form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for "the full monty" - total nudity. Full summary » | Add synopsis »
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Won Oscar.
Another 33 wins
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26 nominations
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(237 articles)
Number of UK Films to Feature Prominently at Toronto Film Fest
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First trailer for Danny Boyle's 127 Hours
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"You are such a buzz kill"
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First trailer for Danny Boyle's 127 Hours
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"You are such a buzz kill"
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A seductive, playful piece of comic gumption
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Robert Carlyle | ... | Gaz |
 | Mark Addy | ... | David 'Dave' |
 | William Snape | ... | Nathan |
| Steve Huison | ... | Lomper |
 | Tom Wilkinson | ... | Gerald |
| Paul Barber | ... | Horse |
 | Hugo Speer | ... | Guy |
| Lesley Sharp | ... | Jean |
| Emily Woof | ... | Mandy |
| Deirdre Costello | ... | Linda |
 | Paul Butterworth | ... | Barry |
| Dave Hill | ... | Alan |
| Bruce Jones | ... | Reg |
| Andrew Livingston | ... | Terry (as Andrew Livingstone) |
| Vinny Dhillon | ... | Sharon |
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Rated R for language and some nudity.
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91 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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Iceland:L | USA:R (certificate #35028) | France:U | USA:TV-MA (TV rating) | Norway:7 | Denmark:A | Brazil:12 | New Zealand:M | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Chile:14 | Finland:S | Germany:12 (bw) | Mexico:B | Netherlands:AL | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:Btl | UK:15
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A number of American cinemas had special leaflets printed containing translations to some of the British slang left in the U.S version of the film so that audiences would be able to follow the dialog more easily.See more »
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Boom mic visible: Reflection of boom mic visible in the car window as Dave throws Lomper back into the car.See more »
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Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)See more »
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The Full Monty offers a seductive, playful piece of comic gumption: Six unemployed steel workers become amateur male strippers, baring themselves as an antidote to the dole. The title is British slang for "buck naked," but the film isn't about nudity, or lust, exactly. It takes as its subject the free-falling sense of desperation provoked by unemployment. As these flaccid bodies strive to exude "sexiness," director Peter Cattaneo turns their struggle into a blue-collared survival reflex, which yields a thin yet agreeable amount of emotional weight.
Robert Carlyle plays a bitter but devoted divorced father trying to meet his support payments so his son will trust him, and Mark Addy just wants to provide for his nurturing wife, who worries about the secret G-string buried in her flabby husband's underwear drawer.
Suffering ritual-humiliation for the sake of loved ones, these men pawn their dignity for economic survival. Cattaneo allows the script to hint at the social and fiscal conditions endured by the working-class under Thatcher, but mostly he avoids politicizing the material. Instead, he aims for rowdy, laugh-out-loud passages about awkward pseudo-debauchery. Perhaps The Full Monty settles for rather broad, coarse humor, but it has intensely pleasing charms and Cattaneo gives it an unexpected deadpan consistency. He exposes the comedy of shame, and then the comedy of shamelessness.
ERIC BELTMANN