Peter Cattaneo
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Reminiscent of something like A League of Their Own (1992), but without the glossy pizzazz, Military Wives actually plays like the gender reversal of the same formula used on the out-of-work steelworkers who decide to bare it all in The Full Monty .
“The Full Monty” belongs in the recent tradition of bittersweet films from Britain that depict working- class life, movies like “ The Snapper ” and “ The Van ,” based on Roddy Doyle books; “ Raining Stones ,” about an unemployed man desperate to buy his daughter's communion dress, and the recent “ Brassed Off ,” which was also about an industry shutting down and leaving its community stranded.
Like the wonderful "Brassed Off" about a downtrodden British mining town, "The Full Monty" takes the viewer to a once bustling manufacturing town where the forges and factories have shut down, leaving the workers on the dole.
Brassed Off, 1997, Mark Herman, for another look at unemployment in post-Thatcher industrial Britain.
Exploring the same English working-class woes as "Brassed Off" and "The Van," but with a much more daffy sense of humor, "The Full Monty" is the kind of movie you can't help but love.
Unlike Mark Herman's 1996 "Brassed Off" (a similarly themed comedy about the decline of British industry and its impact on ordinary lives) "The Full Monty" never lets its angry subtext stifle the laughs.
The script for Battle of the Sexes, written by Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours, The Full Monty) can feel a bit obvious, a common occurrence in biopics where people’s lives get boiled down to their Wikipedia essentials.
But mostly the film cuts its pathos with humor, whether it's portraying the men gyrating to Donna Summer in a shuffling welfare line or critiquing Jennifer Beals's welding abilities in Flashdance.
It reminds me of a similar disco epiphany in The Full Monty.
After enlisting several friends and embarking on a casting process reminiscent of The Full Monty, the couple struggle to keep the project afloat once sexual jealousy suddenly kicks in.
The all-around carelessness of the project extends to the by-the-numbers script credited to Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont (the team behind the immortal "Made of Honor" and "Surviving Christmas"), reportedly with an anonymous assist from Oscar winner Simon Beaufoy ("Slumdog Millionaire," "The Full Monty").
With no chewy, ambitious themes, no movie-star charisma or auteur flourishes, "The Full Monty" is the kind of movie that critics underestimate and audiences love -- or at least that crucial segment of the film-going public who occasionally select some little film ("Il Postino," "Strictly Ballroom," "Shine") to elevate to the status of surprise hit.
Mark Addy ("The Full Monty") is solid as the serious-minded best friend, Roland.
Lending adequate support are Mark Addy (1997's "The Full Monty") and Alan Tudyk (2000's "28 Days"), as William's lovable sidekicks; Paul Bettany (1998's "The Land Girls"), very funny as writer Geoffrey Chaucer, who becomes William's spokesperson; Laura Fraser (1999's "Titus"), as a canny, resourceful peasant girl who befriends William; and Rufus Sewell (1998's "Dark City") as the token bad guy, and William's competing nemesis.
“The Full Monty” belongs in the recent tradition of bittersweet films from Britain that depict working- class life, movies like “ The Snapper ” and “ The Van ,” based on Roddy Doyle books; “ Raining Stones ,” about an unemployed man desperate to buy his daughter's communion dress, and the recent “ Brassed Off ,” which was also about an industry shutting down and leaving its community stranded.
“Slumdog” is every bit as stylized as Mr. Boyle’s early works, and the film’s theme and exotic Mumbai locale undoubtedly invite comparisons to “City of God.” Adapted from a Vikas Swarup novel by “The Full Monty” scribe Simon Beaufoy, “Slumdog” adopts a zigzagging, time-jumping narrative that lends itself to Mr. Boyle’s over-the-top treatment.
In the brilliantly structured screenplay by Simon Beaufoy (“The Full Monty”), this summons forth a remarkable series of memories from Jamal, going all the way back to his childhood when his mother is killed in a religious riot.
It's an epic love story, cat and mouse thriller, social meditation and quiz show all harnessed into one emotionally and visually powerful treat by Trainspotting director Danny Boyle and The Full Monty writer Simon Beaufoy.
This hugely popular festival favorite (Audience Winner Toronto 2008) is sure to become a great crowd pleaser, dealing as it does with a David vs. Goliath motivated by love, but by its very conceit - that Jamal is able to answer tricky questions because of his experiences over a hardscrabble childhood - its script (Simon Beaufoy, "The Full Monty," "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day") cannot help but be contrived, everything rigged beyond the possibilities of coincidence.
In the artfully plotted screenplay by Simon Beaufoy, formerly best known for writing The Full Monty , Jamal's explanations prove "bizarrely plausible", as one character describes them, and the movie exerts such a compelling hold that it defies cynicism.
Adapted by Simon Beaufoy ("The Full Monty") from the novel, Q & A by Vikas Swarup, "Slumdog Millionaire" carefully weaves multiple storylines and timelines together with breakneck speed.
Josh Gad (2008's " The Rocker ") opts not to reel in his role's abrasiveness, becoming every bit as irritating as the character.
But the British have always had a soft spot for stories about plucky losers and Dexter Fletcher ’s comic biopic nestles neatly alongside the likes of The Full Monty , Brassed Off and Calendar Girls .
Borrowing a tone and approach from The Full Monty , director Tanya Wexler tackles the topic of human sexuality in a coy way that allows her not to show any nudity or say anything vulgar.
Tom Wilkinson ( Sense and Sensibility ) has the "stuck up bastard with a good heart" role down pat.
This spin-off of a Disney Channel series even gets a legit director in Brit Peter Chelsom (The Full Monty).
You never know if these films will have a dull, obscure plot or be hilariously funny like The Full Monty.
“The Full Monty” belongs in the recent tradition of bittersweet films from Britain that depict working- class life, movies like “ The Snapper ” and “ The Van ,” based on Roddy Doyle books; “ Raining Stones ,” about an unemployed man desperate to buy his daughter's communion dress, and the recent “ Brassed Off ,” which was also about an industry shutting down and leaving its community stranded.
With Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle (Priest, The Full Monty), Kelly Macdonald, and Shirley Henderson.
The short-tempered Begbie, played by Robert Carlyle of Priest (and later The Full Monty ), comes increasingly into focus as the film wears on, and that itself seems like a mistake; the character is too peripheral and broad in the film's beginning to involve us much in his climactic lashings out, even when their implications for Renton are dire and immediate.
“The Full Monty” belongs in the recent tradition of bittersweet films from Britain that depict working- class life, movies like “ The Snapper ” and “ The Van ,” based on Roddy Doyle books; “ Raining Stones ,” about an unemployed man desperate to buy his daughter's communion dress, and the recent “ Brassed Off ,” which was also about an industry shutting down and leaving its community stranded.