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Summary: I loved this movie!
Review: I'd put off watching this for a long time because I thought, "These guys are going to take it all off? Erm... I'm not sure I want to see them with it all off!" But finally, after two years, I worked up the nerve to rent it, and was I surprised. I found myself sitting in my living room HOWLING with laughter! These Chippendales wannabes are far from perfect, and they know it. I think that's what makes it all so outrageously funny. Having seen the movie once, I only wish the strip scenes had been longer!The dialog wasn't very hard to follow, despite the thick accents. I was kept laughing throughout. I'll be watching this one again!
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Summary: OUTSTANDING BRITISH COMEDY
Review: A winning, inspired comedy that is refreshingly unique in itself. Robert Carlyle heads the cast in a film centering on the lives of a group of unemployed men in Sheffield who decide to become a strip act. There are fine moments of high comedy throughout. The superb performance compliments the razor sharp script that also bubbles with inventive repartee. The film is accompanied by an enthralling soundtrack that builds up the atmosphere for this fun comedy. Despite its gritty undertone this does surprisingly emerge as a feel-good film. The scene when the men are pumping and gyrating to the songs on the radio whilst waiting in the dole queue is unforgetable and inspired comedy. An excellent classic!
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Summary: Absolutely Hilarious
Review: I nearly died laughing the first time that I saw this movie. If you are in a good mood to laugh, watch this movie. Don't be discouraged if you don't understand some of the language. Being American, I didn't understand all of the slang first off, but I caught on pretty quick. You just have to listen carefully. Really, this is a great movie.
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Summary: oh, what a high price :(((((
Review: price is too high, so if rank will drop then price will be less :)))))))
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Summary: Delivers on all levels
Review: Six unlucky blokes plan a chippendales performance. Five of them are ordinary looking fellows who promise to bare it all as the box office attraction. The film is set in Sheffield, sort of an English Pittsburgh. Alas, Sheffield's steel producing industry has fallen on hard times and its former steel workers are on the dole. Robert Carlyle plays the ringleader and the only dancer who really has anything to lose. His character is a slightly dishonest, but well meaning, ne'er do well. He wants to be with his son, but can't afford to pay child support, won't get a job and keeps dragging the boy into one inappropriate situation after another. His ex is fed up and about to wash her hands of him and claim sole custody. Carlyle's character and his rotund side kick, played by Mark Addy, notice the attention a professional troupe of chippendales receives and decide to give it a go. They are joined by a morose band player/security guard, their former supervisor, a middle aged fellow and a stud. All six are sad sacks in one way or another. All the jobs are gone and things are bleak as they hang out at the local unemployment center. They find friendship and joy in training for the performance. Formerly bleak lives perk up a little. Good acting and a kind heart drive TFM. A perfect blend of sly humor with touching emotion. The most entertaining movie of the year, much better than Titantic and even Good Will Hunting.
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Summary: A Comedy With Heart and Strong Characters
Review: In my opinion, 'The Full Monty' should have won 1997's Oscar for Best Picture. However, given that it was up against 'Titanic', you'll know how unrealistic that hope was. 'The Full Monty' is billed as a comedy, but it has a lot more to offer. The characterizations are particularly strong, and the story that is told is actually pretty complex. It offers comments on the collapse of old industries, and the quiet desperation of the workers that are left behind. People living in America's rust belt or Canada's Maritimes should be able to sympathize very strongly with these poor men from northern England, struggling just to make a living. This is a story about humiliation, and more than just the humiliation of taking off one's clothes in public. Every character goes through a more personal humiliation through this story, and actually emerges stronger as a result. That's what makes this tale so uplifting. You care for these characters as real people. And in the end, they've extracted one small victory for themselves -- and for us.
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Summary: They give the "Chippendales" a run for their money!
Review: That this movie was such a massive hit at the box office shouldn't surprise anyone who has seen it. Made on a shoestring budget, shot in some dismal locations, and with the actors and crew probably only being paid the minimum wage, this movie has the heart, the energy, and the emotion that highly overbudgeted and overrated Hollywood blockbusters lack. When the lead character, Gaz, (played to droll perfection by Robert Carlyle) is faced with losing rights to his son because his child support is in arrears, he comes up with an easy way to earn the money and have a bit left over - by recruiting his best friend, their ex-boss, and 3 others to join him in a "Chippendales" act, where for one night only, they will go "The Full Monty." (Hence the title). But as it turns out, they will not just be ripping their duds off for money - along the way they will learn about friendship, caring, togetherness, and self respect, without which no human being can survive. Alternately side splittingly funny and deeply touching, this is a film which can be enjoyed by those who like a dose of humour and sensitivity kneaded into the same dough.
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Summary: Rib-Splittingly Funny!
Review: Oh my gosh, is this one funny! I've never laughed so hard at a movie in my life! The first time I watched Full Monty, I almost didn't finish because it's a little slow-moving at first. I'm also not used to watching foreign-made films either. But I decided to stick with it, & boy am I glad I did! It does eventually pick up, & you too will be glad you stuck with it. Without giving away all the details of the movie, I just want to say that I've watched this a couple of times already, & know I will be watching it a few more times in the future. I have also purchased this one for my DVD collection--a MUST have for your comedy section. This was excellent, light-hearted entertainment, & I highly recommend for a few good laughs on a rainy day: LOVED IT!
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Summary: Feel great movie, watch it over and over!
Review: This movie was wonderful! Granted, I couldn't understand all of the Northern England slang during the first viewing, but I saw the chemistry and laughed like crazy. Once you watch it a few more times, if you're an American I guess, you can dig deeper and start understanding some of the other wry lines and laugh all over again. I can't see how someone wouldn't like this marvelous flick! Those Brits sure know how to make me laugh! :) P.S. I didn't find much difference between the "Americanized" vs. "British Release" on the DVD, so if that's your only reason for getting the DVD, skip it. However, I think the sound and picture quality on the DVD is excellent! The cool music sounds pretty good on DVD with a surround sound system!
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Summary: A really good film about the human spirit.
Review: The basic story of this film is very simple, a group of unemployed steel workers in Sheffield in England decide to try to raise money by performing for one night only as male strippers. Beyond that, there is so much more. First of all, the film is very very funny. The sight of a group of men of dubious attraction and in varying stages of unfitness trying to become a dancing & stripping troupe is just the start. Side stories like the theft of garden gnomes and the act of offering to fix a man's car so that he can gas himself are classic examples of off-beat British humour. There is also a lot of warm human interest in this film. We see the relationship between Gaz (Robert Carlyle) and his son and his ex-wife. Also, the relationships between his friends and their wives. In all cases, the men had lost self respect and, through the act of former workmates getting together again and making new work for themselves they recaptured their self respect, regain the respect of others and most importantly to them, they realise that they are important to their friends and families. Often films with such a lot of fun and feel good factor leave me feeling that they are too sickly sweet and aim at some lowest common denominator. This was not like that at all, I enjoyed every minute of it. I first saw this at the cinema and I have never before seen such a happy audience at the end of a film.
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