Or all or nothing? It is a 1997 British film directed by Peter Cattaneo and directed by Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy and Tom Wilkinson. The film did not have a high budget and no one expected it to be very successful, however, it shook the box office and won several Oscar nominations. The problem is, he competed with the Titanic that year. This means that it was completely erased by the winner of the prize, but still managed to win the Oscar for best soundtrack.
Over time, it has become common to find it on many lists that bring together the greatest comedies of all time, especially in the British context. The film’s original title, The Full Monty, is an expression used by the characters and refers to complete nudity.
- The story unfolds in the English city of Sheffield.
- A place that has experienced an economic boom thanks to the metallurgical sector; Victorian houses have been demolished to make way for the houses of the future.
- And the fully industrialized population has transformed Sheffield into an exemplary city.
- The place where the world’s best steel is manufactured and found everywhere.
- All or nothing?.
- The film presents.
- In documentary form.
- The glorious and advanced city of Sheffield where.
- In addition to much work.
- There is also time for leisure.
- And that is why the inhabitants have a full and happy life.
After seeing the images of the documentary we are facing a very different scenario, we continue in Sheffield, but now it is sad, decadent and gray, it is no longer the happy and prosperous city that we saw at first, the factories are closed, the industry has changed and is growing faster than people, and what once represented prosperity is now a reflection of poverty. Most of Sheffield’s mainly male inhabitants lived in factories and, with the crisis, were dismissed.
Unemployment can lead to depression and unrest, as you can see in Sheffield, we don’t need a job to live and pay the bills, but also have a reason, a motivation, a reason to get up every morning. Or all or nothing. ? We present to you very different men, but who have something in common: unemployment. This dramatic situation will lead to an idea that, at first glance, seems absurd: to do a strip show.
Creativity, liberation and above all humor will be the main ingredients of this film that, with a smile, invites us to always look for a solution, a way out. ?Reinvent yourself or die? This could be perfectly the motto of these characters who, despite their initial fear of this adventure, decide to leave this situation in a very creative way.
Factories are forced to fire their employees. The city of Sheffield, dedicated exclusively to industry, is heading towards decline. Unemployment means that some of these people lose not only their jobs, but also their status, their dreams and their lives.
Women, on the other hand, are becoming more independent, they no longer need a husband to support them because they can do it themselves; In turn, the struggle for equality, sexual liberation and independence creates much stronger women, more like a man.
In this sense, they also want to see naked men, they also seek defined male bodies, free themselves and are able to look at a man with the same desire with which they were looked at. In Steffield, women go to a striptease, show where perfectly sculpted men dance from the gym and have them, like men, release their innermost impulses. Although these kids delight women’s eyes, their husbands, ex-husbands, and other family members face feelings of inferiority or futility.
They are not necessary for work, women do not need them; they are no longer useful and will therefore be deeply frustrated. However, despair can sometimes be the perfect path to creativity, to reinvent itself.
Gas is a divorced man, unemployed and with a large number of debts; his wife managed to remake his life with another man and also lives with his son who does not have a good relationship with Gaz. Gaz, at first, he does not understand the fascination these muscular boys have for women, but soon he will. realize that it can be a good business to get out of the hole.
With the passage of time and technological advances, there is sometimes no choice but to reinvent yourself, especially at certain ages; Or all or nothing?It introduces us to a group of desperate men, some depressed, with an empty life in which they seem to have been cast aside, but in spite of this, difficulties help to develop an initially absurd idea that will not only bring economic benefits, but will also encourage them to face everyday life.
Some of these men go through a phase of denial; We see him in Gerald, who was at the head of the factory and continues to treat those who were his employees as if he were the boss, refuses to admit to his wife that he is not working and does not want to lose his However, at the end of the day, he decides to join the group with the other characters who will gradually come together to shape a very particular spectacle.
Besides creativity and overcoming the problem of unemployment, or all or nothing?It causes men to put the place of women, who live these situations every day, how does a fat man get naked?How would a wrinkled man get naked, who would pay to see that?Who’s going to pay to see real men?
At this complex moment social pressures appear to be a “grade 10” man. At one point in the film, do we see these normal men browsing a magazine where they appear, some criticize their breasts, others praise?Then they start a conversation where they realize that those same criticisms and that looking at the woman as if it were an object is precisely what they will receive when they are undressed during their show.
As a result, many will begin to feel afraid, to be judged, to feel complex, to diet or to use anti-wrinkle creams, which is completely routine for many women, now it will be they who will judge, objectively and criticize the situation. appearance of men.
Or all or nothing, is it a comic story, an adventure in which men surrender to such a masculinized sector. As for metallurgy, they must learn to dance, to seduce despite their circumstances, age and weight. subjected to female criticism in a society where women no longer need them, after all, they are no longer so different from them.
A comedy that doesn’t age, that talks about the working class, about unemployment, something that unfortunately is very familiar to us these days, the result is a film that left scenes recorded in our memory and a soundtrack worthy of an Oscar.
“You don’t know what it’s like to get tired of doing nothing. “Or all or nothing?