Rent The Full Monty (1997)
3.6 of 5 from 218 ratings
1h 27min
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- Synopsis:
- Six unemployed men, inspired by a touring group of male strippers, decide they can make a small fortune by putting on a striptease show of their own - but with one small difference. They intend to go the "full monty" and strip completely naked! In this hilarious, heartfelt comedy, these six friends discover the inner strength to bare it all in front of the world. This "enchantingly funny…crowd-pleasing" comedy features the music of Donna Summer, Gary Glitter, Sister Sledge and Tom Jones.
- Actors:
- Robert Carlyle, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Addy, William Snape, Steve Huison, Paul Barber, Hugo Speer, Lesley Sharp, Emily Woof, Deirdre Costello, Paul Butterworth, Dave Hill, Bruce Jones, Andrew Livingston, Vinny Dhillon, Kate Layden, Joanna Swain, Diane Lane, Kate Rutter, June Broughton
- Directors:
- Peter Cattaneo
- Producers:
- Uberto Pasolini
- Voiced By:
- Enn Reitel
- Narrated By:
- Enn Reitel
- Writers:
- Simon Beaufoy
- Others:
- Anne Dudley, Alastair Crocker, Adrian Rhodes, Nick Moore, Ian Wilson, Uberto Pasolini, David Freeman
- Aka:
- Todo o nada
- Studio:
- 20th Century Fox
- Genres:
- Comedy
- Collections:
- Award Winners, BAFTA Nominations Competition 2023, BAFTA Nominations Competition 2024, BAFTA Nominations Competition 2025, Oscar Nominations Competition 2025, People of the Pictures, Remembering Tom Wilkinson, Top 100 BFI Films, Top Films
- Awards:
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- Release Date:
- 04/03/2013
- Run Time:
- 87 minutes
- Languages:
- Castilian Spanish DTS 5.1, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Italian DTS 5.1, Portuguese Dolby Digital 2.0, Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0, Thai Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Cantonese, Castillian, English Hard of Hearing, Italian, Mandarin, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Commentaries by Director Peter Cattaneo/Actor Mark Addy/ Producer Uberto Pasolini
- Deleted Footage with Optional Commentary by Peter Cattaneo and Mark Addy
- Cast Featurettes
- Original Publicity Campaign
- Music Machine
- Development Featurettes
- Production Featurettes
- The Success and its Aftermath
- A Bigger Picture: A Look at The British Film Industry In The '90s
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Reviews (1) of The Full Monty
Hard Times - The Full Monty review by Steve
In a decade when Ken Loach portrayed the economic liquidation of the industrial north to a diminishing arthouse audience, this filled multiplexes doing exactly the same. And it draws on the film that most inspired him- Bicycle Thieves (1948). This is about the humiliation of a parent who cannot provide for his child.
Except... there is a commercial hook, loosely based on a true story. Some laid-off Sheffield steelworkers develop an act inspired by the Chippendales (rather than Italian neorealism). There's a decent ensemble of minor UK actors, led by Robert Carlyle. Lesley Sharp pumps up the emotional intensity in a support role.
It reflects on many issues related to unemployment. The politics is understated, but the consequences are examined in detail, including rather a lot of editorialising. At key moments, this is quietly overwhelming. Although it doesn't confront the possibility that it was time for changes in gender roles anyway...
The plot is on a level with Last of the Summer Wine; some blokes with time on their hands- away from female supervision- get up to idiotic hi-jinks. Yet it is gratifying that during the long recession, not all UK cinema was heritage drama. Millions paid to see a comedy about male strippers, but experienced something more personal.
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