The Full Monty (DVD)

I had a brilliant evening in last night, transported back to 1997 and one of my favourite all time films - The Full Monty - which I have recently acquired on DVD. I don't suppose that there are many people who do not know a little about the storyline in The Full Monty. However, I will just give a brief synopsis. The story is set in Sheffield in the mid 90s. Once a thriving centre of the steel industry, now there is mass unemployment. The central character is Gary (played by Robert Carlyle) who is desperate to make a bit of money so he can pay the maintainance arrears for his son Nathan, and therefore carry on seeing him. Gary is always on the ...  Read the complete review

>>>> Synopsis Having lost his job due to the closure of the Sheffield Steel works, jack-the-lad Gaz (Robert Carlyle) is struggling to find the money to pay his ex-wife her child support payments. After witnessing the phenomenal success of the famous stripping act, The Chippendales, at a local club, he devises a plan to form his own stripping act in the search of some quick, easy money. With the help of his best friend Dave (Mark Addy), a slightly robust chap who is suffering from low self-esteem and their former foreman, Gerald (Tom Wilkinson) who is trying to make ends meet whilst not telling his wife that he no longer has a job, they set about ...  Read the complete review

Things have come to a sad pass when it's Christmas Eve, there's a film on every terrestrial channel, and there's still nothing worth watching. The day I'm going to have to give in and get some more channels has finally come. In desperation, I raided my mum's old videos and came up with this. It is hard to believe that this film has now been around for ten years, but I was delighted to find it is just as good, if not better, than it was the first time I watched it. What a shame there aren't more films around like this. Gaz and Dave have lost their jobs in Sheffield's dying steel industry, as are most of the people that they know. They try to scrounge a living ...  Read the complete review

When I was on holiday a couple of weeks ago for some reason I suddenly decided I want to buy The Full Monty on DVD when I got back. I am not sure where this came from, maybe it was from seeing so many near naked bodies by the pool? Anyway.... The Full Monty originally came out in 1997, and was a film I enjoyed watching as a youngster. I recently went into Asda and found this DVD for 4 pounds and so purchased straight away. The film is based in Sheffield, where there was once a thriving steel industry. Fast forward to the 90's though and that has all changed. The people who were once working in the steel companies are now unemployed spending their ...  Read the complete review

** Looking For Some Hot Stuff ** As The Full Monty was on channel 4 last night I decided to do a quick review about it. The Full Monty released in 1997 was a risk film. It was never thought to be very successful when being made. Director Peter Caltaneo was not a highly known film director and before this film worked more on TV series than films. I first saw the film when it came out on DVD and we rented it from the video shop. As we liked it so much we brought it on VHS. ~ Info ~ Directed by- Peter Caltaneo Written by- Simon Beaufoy Certificate- 15 Distributed by- 20th Century Fox Release Date- 29 August ...  Read the complete review