Top billed cast

1. 

   Robert Carlyle

   Gary "Gaz" Schofield

2. 

   Mark Addy

   Dave Horsefall

3. 

   Wim Snape

   Nathan Schofield

4. 

   Steve Huison

   Lomper

5. 

   Tom Wilkinson

   Gerald Arthur Cooper

6. 

   Paul Barber

   Barrington "Horse" Mitchell

7. 

   Hugo Speer

   Guy

8. 

   Lesley Sharp

   Jean Horsefall

9. 

   Emily Woof

   Mandy

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Reviews

A review by Filipe Manuel Neto

Written by Filipe Manuel Neto on 2024-05-21

**An excellent comedy, with intelligent and creative humor.**

This is an interesting comedy that shows that British cinema sometimes surprises with small gems of quality. I don't know exactly how the film was received in its country of origin (it was a time when the British were in shock due to the death of Diana Spencer, ex-wife of the current King Charles III), but, in my country, the film received little attention due to the film “Titanic”, a box office phenomenon. Still, as far as I know, the film was profitable overall, and was well reviewed by critics. At the 1998 Oscars, it was n...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$3,500,000.00

Revenue
$257,850,122.00

Keywords

• northern england
• police
• suicide attempt
• job interview
• son
• striptease
• father
• yorkshire
• obesity
• unemployment
• burlesque
• steel worker
• repossession
• male stripper
• gay theme
• inspirational
• admiring