The Full Monty (1997)

	Director: Peter Cattaneo	COUNTRY UK GENRE Drama/Comedy NORWEGIAN TITLE I blanke messingen RUNNING TIME 91 minutes
	Producer: Uberto Pasolini
	Screenwriter: Simon Beaufoy

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Gaz	Robert Carlyle
Gerald	Tom Wilkinson	½
Dave	Mark Addy
Jean	Lesley Sharp
Mandy	Emily Woof	-
Lomper	Steve Huison
Horse	Paul Barber
Guy	Hugo Speer
Linda	Deirdre Costello	-
Nathan	William Snape	-

Review

In this unlikely international hit from 1997, a handful of former steelworkers from Sheffield resort to their own version of a Chippendales’ striptease act to earn a living in a dole-ridden city, battling their own and others’ prejudices along the way. It’s the film’s arch-British humour and big heart in the midst of a very recognizable predicament that won over audiences all around the world. Director Peter Cattaneo hasn’t got much of a recognizable style, but there’s no doubt that he loves his characters and celebrates the goodness in them. And although the subject-matter is stripping, the film is not one bit raunchy or controversial. It’s all feel-good and love, without the mushy sentimentality. After Trainspotting and then this hit, Robert Carlyle became a 15-minute film star, but the film’s best performance belongs to Tom Wilkinson as Carlyle's former foreman.