Brassed Off (DVD) Reviews

Filmed on location in Yorkshire, Brassed Off is a feel-good British film. It tells the story of miners from Grimley Colliery who have been through the miners' strike of 1992 and are feeling the effects. On top of all that it looks as though the mine is going to close. There seems no point in keeping the Colliery Band going and they start to lose ...  Read the complete review

Brassed Off was shown the other evening on More 4 and as there was not much else on I thought I would give it a go and I was so glad I did. It is a beautiful emotional film which will call on a whole range of emotions as you watch it! I felt that it was two hours watching which was time very well spent. 'Brassed Off' is a film set in ...  Read the complete review

I was living abroad when this film came out and so didn’t have much of an idea of what it was about. In fact, the only reason I got round to watching it was because someone lent me a copy and reading the blurb on the back of the DVD reminded me of the lady who used to serve us coffee in the common room at university in Durham. Marie was her name. ...  Read the complete review

The phoenix of the British film industry rose again in 1996 with this great film about the lives of miners caught up in the strikes and closures of the pits back under Maggie and chums. The film, part love story and part "Little people come out on top" is a very much favoured part of my video collection. Plot: ----- ...  Read the complete review

I’ve lived in Lincolnshire now for 18 months. So much so that I now consider myself to be an honorary northerner. Now, beforeyou start, I know that there are bound to be some pedantic folks out there who will state quite categorically that Lincolnshire is not ‘oop north’, but as I live a mere twenty miles from the picturesque ...  Read the complete review

This film is fairly depressing. That doesn't necessarily mean it's bad. In fact it has a good storyline. As with almost all films it has a twist of romance in there. The actors do themselves justice, and Ewan McGregor looks unbelievably gorgeous. At least it has a happy ending. Another thing I admire about the film is that it's not got ...  Read the complete review

I until recently played in a good old fashioned brass band. Although it wasn't a pit band like Gimley (or in real life, Grimethorpe), I have been told that it was very true to life for the time by those who have experienced that sort of banding. In real life, in the pits, a shift system operated whereby all the bandsmen were in one ...  Read the complete review

Brassed off is set in the fictitious South Yorkshire village of Grimley. It tells the sad tale of the demise of the coalfields in Yorkshire and the happy tale of the success of the colliery brass band, both at the same time. The acting in the film is of a good standard and captures the Yorkshire spirit well, although some of the accents ...  Read the complete review

You have Ewan McGregor (from fantastic hits such as "Trainspotting", "Shallow Grave", "A Life Less Ordinary") and Pete Postlewaite ("Romeo and Julliet") and what do you get??? A.... absolutely.... AWFUL film!!! It is amazing just how unbareable this film is. It will leave you screaming to turn the video ...  Read the complete review

I cried at this film, and get a lump in my throat everytime I see it. There are several themes in this film, which are interwoven like a Bach fugue. First, we have the story of a colliery band. For many years in the industrial north large groups of working men have got together and played in brass bands. It is part of our ...  Read the complete review

As someone livig in the middle of brass band country (in fact close enough to know a lot of the players used as extras in the film)I found this a very easy film to laugh at. So many of the stereotypes of banding are there on display, and are gently mocked. But then they are dissolved as well. In the face of adversity it turns out the band ...  Read the complete review

The story is based around a small mining community which is facing the closure of its pit. The colliery band cannot see the point of playing when the pit is going to close. This is a romantic comedy with a sharp undertone of politics. Steven Tomkinson is very credible as the miner who has a breakdown and Pete Postlethwaite is touching as the ...  Read the complete review

The film Brassed off is a very good watch as it is a drama that you can loose yourself in. The film includes Pete Postlehwaite, Tara Fitzgerald, Ewan Mcgregor and Stephen Tomkinson who are the main charecters and make the film what it is. If you are interested in mining or brass bands this film is the right one for you because this ...  Read the complete review

Ewan MacGregor, Pete Pothelswaite and many more star in this delightful tale of a northern band stricken by outside factors carry on none the less and win some championship. I am not sure wether ewan macgregor was famous before this or not, actually i think he was. alkaliguru says 'would we have watched this if it wan't british?' yes, ...  Read the complete review

I loved this film. The story is based on the closure of mines throughour Britain, and is true to History. The acting is really spectacular, and even if you're not a fan of Brass Band music as I'm not, some of the performances are really great. The brass band feratured in the film is an actual miners colliery band. The ...  Read the complete review