The Full Monty (1997)

Leaves the audience smiling and giggling, all the while painting a convincing and touching portrait of the downtrodden in England.

The premise of this comedy--out-of-work male strippers--may be too calculated, but the film exudes charm and its no-name cast and modest budget and scale stand in sharp contrast to to the glitzy, star-driven Hollywood comedy.

When it was first released in 1997, it made quite a name for itself, arguably in large part to the fact of its subject matter. A decade later, the shock factor is gone and what's left is a genuinely funny little film.

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A crowd-pleasing blue-collar comedy, half funny and half sad.

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...a sweet, humane bit of entertainment that — unlike formulaic Hollywood movies — doesn’t condescend to its audience.

The briskly paced, high-spirited movie is complemented by a funny score that includes the old disco hit You Sexy Thing.