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This movie is one of the best British Movies ever made. With so much humor that you'll end up wanting to keep it for one of those days your down and want a quick pick me up.

I recommend that you grab some popcorn sit back and have a...
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This movie is one of the best British Movies ever made. With so much humor that you'll end up wanting to keep it for one of those days your down and want a quick pick me up.

I recommend that you grab some popcorn sit back and have a great laugh.

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Posted mar 2, 2007 12:17 pm pt

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"THe Full Monty" is a remarkable comedy, full of british humor and with lots of jawbreaking situations that will make you laugh out loud.

The movie is set in the British city of Sheffield that was once home of a massive...
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"THe Full Monty" is a remarkable comedy, full of british humor and with lots of jawbreaking situations that will make you laugh out loud.

The movie is set in the British city of Sheffield that was once home of a massive steel industry. However, the industry suffered a collapse that made many workers to choose other jobs. The main characters have no idea what to do. Until Gas (played very well by Robert Carlyle) comes to a Chippendales show from Sheffield. He now decides to make a stripper band, but his friends aren't initially interested. However, all of them need disperately money, which determines them to team up in their attempt of making a succesful show.

"The Full Monty" has countless moments that will make you roll on the floor laughing. It's a film you won't forget easily.

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Posted dec 7, 2006 9:51 pm pt

• [+] Variety
  
  90
  Bright and sassy, The Full Monty is a treat.

  by Derek Elley | Read Full Review »
• [+] Salon.com
  
  90
  So seamlessly buoyant and enjoyable that it's easy to miss how carefully and sensitively it's made.

  by Laura Miller | Read Full Review »
• [+] San Francisco Examiner
  
  88
  There isn't a whole lot of fancy subplotting, just a potpourri of funny and engaging characters.

  by G. Allen Johnson | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Tribune
  
  88
  Takes a premise that seems ripe for broad, vulgar joking and turns it into a sly, even subtle, comedy.

  by Mark Caro | Read Full Review »
• [+] USA Today
  
  88
  Such pure, naked joy is utterly contagious.

  by Susan Wloszczyna | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Reader
  
  80
  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.

  by Lisa Alspector | Read Full Review »
• [+] Los Angeles Times
  
  80
  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]

  by Kevin Thomas | Read Full Review »
• [+] Time
  
  80
  To make an unembarrassing movie about embarrassment is definitely an eye-opening achievement.

  by Richard Schickel | Read Full Review »
• [+] The New York Times
  
  80
  Inevitably, the film has echoes of "Brassed Off," another recent British export. The Full Monty is less sentimental and arguably funnier.

  by Alan Riding | Read Full Review »
• [+] Washington Post
  
  80
  Along with witty, appropriately rough-hewn repartee and genuine poignancy, writer Simon Beaufoy manages to sustain suspense to the last gyration.

  by Rita Kempley | Read Full Review »
• [+] Film.com
  
  80
  Rowdy, funny, surprisingly sweet.

  by John Hartl | Read Full Review »
• [+] Film.com
  
  80
  A very funny film that never sacrifices the lives of its characters to the needs of its story.

  by Alice Smith | Read Full Review »
• [+] Mr. Showbiz
  
  80
  A bully good romp, and it thumbs its nose at the bloated blockbusters towering over it at the multiplexes by ending the moment it arrives at its raucous, richly deserved climax.

  by Cody Clark | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Onion (A.V. Club)
  
  80
  A winning mix of humor and poignant character examination, and a satisfying film.

  by Keith Phipps | Read Full Review »
• [+] Newsweek
  
  80
  The portraits are spare but right on target. And the film keeps you laughing even as you feel the pain of the characters.

  by Andrea C. Basora | Read Full Review »