The Full Monty (1997)

	Directed by: Peter Cattaneo	COUNTRY United Kingdom GENRE Drama/Comedy NORWEGIAN TITLE I blanke messingen RUNNING TIME 91 minutes
	Produced by: Uberto Pasolini
	Written by: 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 recognisable predicament that won over audiences all around the world. Director Peter Cattaneo hasn’t got much of a recognisable 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.