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The Full Monty

The year's most revealing comedy.

7.0(1,871)19971h 31m7

Sheffield, England. Gaz, a jobless steelworker in need of quick cash persuades his mates to bare it all in a one-night-only strip show.

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Status
Released
Budget
$3.5M
Box office
$257.9M
Language
English
  • northern england
  • police
  • suicide attempt
  • job interview
  • son
  • striptease
  • father
  • yorkshire
  • obesity
  • unemployment
  • burlesque
  • steel worker

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Behind the camera

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United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR13 Aug 1997
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1529 Aug 1997
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1227 Feb 1998
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical12+29 Jan 1998
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-1613 Aug 1997
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical1222 Oct 1997
    • PhysicalDVD28 Jun 2000
    • PhysicalBlu-Ray26 Feb 2014
    • Digital / OTTVOD1 Dec 2017
    • TVArte31 Dec 2018
    • Digital / OTTDisney+28 May 2021
    • TVArte12 Jul 2026
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1229 Oct 1997
    • PremiereArte31 Dec 2018
    • TVArte12 Jul 2026
  • GreeceGR

    • Theatrical1327 Mar 1998
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical1529 Aug 1997
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical12 Mar 1998
  • PortugalPT

    • TheatricalM/1221 Nov 1997
  • South KoreaKR

    • Theatrical1811 Apr 1998

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The Full Monty was released on 13 August 1997.

Audience reviews

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  • J

    John Chard

    8/6/2019

    8/10

    Nobody said anything to me about The Full Monty! When male strip show act The Chippendales come to Sheffield and the local women pay in their droves to see the show, Gaz and the rest of his unemployed pals pick up on an idea to make some cash. They will do a one off show where they themselves will strip on the stage, with the difference being that this lot will go for the "Full Monty" - totally naked dancing! T…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    8/12/2023

    7/10

    Robert Carlyle ("Gaz") and Mark Addy ("Dave") are great in this role reversal comedy set amidst Margaret Thatcher's "recalibration" of Britain's manufacturing industries and communities. Sheffield is bearing the brunt of these changes, and unemployment is rife - with little hope of any of the former steel workers escaping their new found poverty. Even the foreman "Gerald" (Tom Wilkinson) is struggling to feed his vor…

  • F

    Filipe Manuel Neto

    5/21/2024

    7/10

    **An excellent comedy, with intelligent and creative humor.** This is an interesting comedy that shows that British cinema sometimes surprises with small gems of quality. I don't know exactly how the film was received in its country of origin (it was a time when the British were in shock due to the death of Diana Spencer, ex-wife of the current King Charles III), but, in my country, the film received little attent…

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