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  • The Full Monty (1997)
    Review preview for The Full Monty

    Heart warming and enjoyable.

    Keith Dudhnath · 3.5 out of 5
    Unemployed labourers get their kits off for cash.
  • Lucky Break (2001)
    Review preview for Lucky Break

    A good, solid British comedy.

    Trinity · 3.5 out of 5
    British cons plan an escape by staging a prison musical.
  • Military Wives (2019)
    Review preview for Military Wives

    You don't need the sheet music to know that this is a familiar tune and the film does lean into all the expected emotional beats heavily.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    Comedy drama about singing spouses on a military base.
  • The Penguin Lessons (2024)
    Review preview for The Penguin Lessons

    Coogan is well cast in this tricky role, moving easily from humour to heartbreak..

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    An Englishman in Uruguay adopts a penguin, smuggles it back to his home in Argentina, and gradually wakes up to the political violence going on around him.
  • The Rocker (2008)
    Review preview for The Rocker

    After a slow and largely laugh-free start, this does build up a reasonable head of steam, with enough smart lines and well-timed physical comedy to keep its head above water.

    Jeff Robson · 3 out of 5
    The original drummer of an Eighties hair metal band gets a second chance at stardom when his nephew’s group makes it big.

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