Film

The Full Monty 1997

Directed by Peter Cattaneo

  • Comedy
  • 91 min
  • R

The year's most revealing comedy.

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.

Comedynorthern englandpolicesuicide attemptjob interviewsonstripteasefatheryorkshireobesityunemploymentburlesquesteel worker

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