What is The Full Monty about?
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.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
Yes. It lands on a happy note.
The Full Monty (1997)
Jobless steelworkers find unexpected camaraderie and courage as they bare it all for cash.
Feel-good and uplifting, with dry wit. A comfort watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
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The Full Monty parents guide
It stays inside its R, with moderate sex and nudity, and no real violence.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- No gore
- Violence
- No real violence
- Sex and nudity
- Moderate
- Moderate means a sex scene or nudity on screen, even brief, or sexual violence that is described or implied but never shown.
- Language
- Moderate
- Some strong profanity, a few f-words.
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Cast and crew
Directed byPeter Cattaneo
StarringRobert Carlyle, Mark Addy, Wim Snape, Steve Huison, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Barber
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