History Film / TheFullMonty

The film was adapted into a Broadway [[TheMusical Musical]] in 2000, which moves the plot to America, and into a stage show in 2013, once again set (and premiering) in Sheffield.

* {{Fanservice}}: Well it is a movie about male strippers so expect a lot of nude bits from the main characters especially the film's SignatureScene where some of the men are covering their privates during the striptease sequence. It does sometimes cross into FanDisservice due to some of the characters being rather unattractive.

* HeyLetsPutOnAShow

* YouCanLeaveYourHatOn: The finale. The hat is the last bit of clothing the guys retain, and the last shot of the film is a freeze-frame of them flinging their hats into space with the enthusiasm of Mary Tyler Moore.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Lomper smirks when he realises his orchestra are playing stripper music as a joke at his expense. Doubles as [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments a heartwarming moment]] when you remember that he had earlier [[DrivenToSuicide attempted suicide]] due to being out of work and having no friends, and here he is literally surrounded by friends.

* MenActWomenAre: The first part of this trope is key to the situation; if men are defined by what they do, the closure of the steelworks has robbed them of their role. Worse, they can no longer provide for their families: all the men are now on state benefits, or their wives are the breadwinner. The latter is obviously not a bad thing or presented as such, but for the men of Sheffield it's still a persistent wound to the ego.
* MistakenForCheating: Dave becomes emotionally distant from his wife Jean because of his embarrassment over trying to be a stripper, and his own insecurities over being good enough for her. However, Jean interprets his behavior as him cheating on her, especially when she finds lotion and a thong he'd been hiding. Thankfully when Dave explains to her what he'd been doing, and opens up to her over his insecurities, she gives him her unequivocal support.

* YaoiGuys: [[spoiler: Guy and Lomper.]]

* FatBestFriend: Dave.

'''Gaz''': Black! For ''fuck’s'' sake.

** Horse becomes concerned when he learns of the plan to strip completely, because he thinks everyone will expect his penis to be large when it is instead of normal size. It is instead Guy, a white guy, who has a rather large penis.
-->'''Gaz:''' ''(upon seeing Guy's "assets" at the tryouts)'' Gentlemen, the lunchbox has landed.

* {{Fanservice}}: Well it is a movie about male strippers so expect a lot of nude bits from the main characters especially the film's SignatureScene where some of the men are covering their privates during the striptease sequence. It does sometimes cross into FanDisservice due to some of the characters being rather unattractive.

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Everyone but Gaz fits this scheme nicely...
** Gerald is choleric, Dave and Lomper are melancholic, Horse is phlegmatic and Guy is sanguine.

* HypocriticalHumor: When Dave gets a job as a security guard job as ASDA (supermarket), he tells Dave that he is "working, earning, not poncing about!" after he has just been seen trying to juggle confectionery.

* MrFanservice: {{Averted}} in-universe. Their act is based on a Chippendales show, and none of the men resemble those dancers in any way. Justified thanks to...
** HollywoodHomely: None of the actors are ''ugly'', per se, and Robert Carlyle has his [[EvenTheGuysWantHim share of fans]].

* OopNorth

* UnconfessedUnemployment: Gerald never tells his wife he's lost his job. She finds out only when the repo men show up, much to her displeasure.

* WhatTheHellHero: Gaz and Dave mess with Gerald during a job interview to have a laugh at their former foreman, costing him the job. He comes out and yells at them, nearly in tears. They buy him a little something for the garden by way of apology.

Set in Sheffield, England, the film follows the story of six unemployed men, four of them former steelworkers, who attempt to make money as stripteasers. [[AudienceAlienatingPremise No, wait, come back, it's really good.]] The film was a modest hit, released in the summer of 1997 to stellar reviews and decent box office, and ''then'' was a surprise nominee for [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Best Picture]]. The film made $257 million worldwide on a budget of $3.5 million, $45 million of which came Stateside.

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: "The Full Monty" is an expression which just means all the way; everything. Americans, unfamiliar with it before this film, generally believe it means "taking all of your clothes off".

* {{Fanservice}}: Well it is a movie about male strippers so expect a lot of nude bits from the main characters especially the film's SignatureScene where some of the men are covering their privates during the striptease sequence.

* {{Fanservice}}: Well it is a movie about male strippers so expect a lot of nude bits from the main characters especially the film's SignatureScene where some of the men covering their privates.

''The Full Monty'' is a 1997 British comedy written by Simon Beaufoy and directed by Peter Cattaneo.

Set in Sheffield, England, the film follows the story of six unemployed men, four of them former steel workers, who attempt to make money as stripteasers. [[AudienceAlienatingPremise No, wait, come back, it's really good.]] The film was a modest hit, released in the summer of 1997 to stellar reviews and decent box office, and ''then'' was a surprise nominee for [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Best Picture]]. The film made $257 million worldwide on a budget of $3.5 million, $45 million of which came Stateside.

* TheUnreveal: Thanks to clever lighting, the stage versions manage to have the guys completely naked, and yet we can't see a thing. The film, of course, has the luxury of showing them from behind. (Some viewers were still annoyed that, what with full-frontal nudity being one of the major plot points, we didn't get to see them from the front.)

* MrFanservice: {{Averted}} in-universe. Their act is based on a Chippendales show, and none of the men resemble those dancers in any way. Justified thanks to...
** HollywoodHomely: None of the actors are ''ugly'', per se, and Robert Carlyle has his [[EvenTheGuysWantHim share of fans]].
** The Broadway show definitely plays it straight. Women were known to attend multiple performances.

* TheUnreveal: Thanks to clever lighting, the Broadway version manages to have the guys completely naked, and yet we can't see a thing. The film, of course, has the luxury of showing them from behind. (Some viewers were still annoyed that, what with full-frontal nudity being one of the major plot points, we didn't get to see them from the front.)

The film was adapted into a Broadway [[TheMusical Musical]] in 2000, which moves the plot to America.

** During the movie, the boys watch ''Film/{{Flashdance}}'' for inspiration. They spend the whole time criticizing Jennifer Beale's ''welding''. "Her mix is all to cock! ... it's like Bonfire Night! That's too much acetylene, is that! Them joints will hold ''fuck all!''"

* BerserkButton: Don't call Gaz and some of his friends ugly, Gerald almost learnt the hard way.

* BlackComedy: Cheery fun about a bunch of guys stripping off for the ladies, but it doesn't gloss over the fact that they hit on doing it because their livelihoods have been destroyed, and a bleak future of long-term unemployment seems most likely.
** The play version has a catchy musical number about assisting a friend's suicide.

* [[ClusterFBomb Cluster Fook Bomb]]: Gaz in particular is guilty of these.

* ShoutOut: A movie about six [[ForeignRemake British]] [[GenderFlipped male]] laid off steelworkers [[JustForPun flash-dancing]] to earn extra money? More like a remake. They even “borrow” the [[Film/FlashDance “original” movie]] [[ShownTheirWork for inspiration]].

* TitleDrop: When they're putting up the posters.

* ShoutOut: A movie about six [[ForeignRemake British]] [[GenderFlipped male]] laid off steelworkers [[JustForPun flash-dancing]] to earn extra money? More like a remake. They even “borrow” the [[Movie/FlashDance “original” movie]] [[ShownTheirWork for inspiration]].

** During the movie, the boys watch ''{{Flashdance}}'' for inspiration. They spend the whole time criticizing Jennifer Beale's ''welding''. "Her mix is all to cock! ... it's like Bonfire Night! That's too much acetylene, is that! Them joints will hold ''fuck all!''"