Brassed Off

  • 1997


MOVIE IS courageous sentimental controversial undeniable interesting
Close Video

71 %
79 % Fresh
$ 2 Million
See Where to Watch Brassed Off
Positive Reviews 19
Negative reviews 3
Average Rating 3.6/5
courageous sentimental controversial undeniable interesting

  • All
  • Positive
  • Negative
3.2
The cast is ardent as all get out, but the most authentic emotional lift comes from the real life Grimethorpe Colliery Brass Band, blowing their heart .. EW
4.5
Where it doesnt quite take flight is in its early promise of music being the defining, and elevating, force of the characters lives. Variety
4.5
Writer/director Herman pulls off a popular, proletarian comedy which might actually appeal to the people its about. Time Out
4.5
At least the movies agenda isnt hidden, even if it does keep hitting you in the snout.
3.0
In the end ... the undeniable power and emotional richness of this film swing the balance toward the good.
3.0
Cynthia Robertss film is poignant and courageous, but its curious status a film of a play that seems to want to be a documentary muffles its impact. Telegraph
1.5
It isnt just bad news for poor Andy, alas, but for the film itself. San Francisco Chronicle
3.8
The characters are beautifully drawn in this bittersweet melodrama written and directed by Mark Herman. San Francisco Chronicle
3.0
McGregor breathes life into a less than interesting role, Fitzgerald shines and Tompkinson is excellent as a man on the brink of cracking up. But Post ..
3.8
Certainly, this isnt a hard hitting motion picture like Germinal, but its heart is in the right place, it has a great soundtrack, and it keeps the vie .. ReelViews
1.5
Pete Postlethwaite is moving as the bandleader, whose dream of taking his players to compete at the Albert Hall nearly eclipses his appreciation of th .. Chicago Reader
4.0
Instead, theres only the promise of more struggle and the grim realisation that a way of life has gone for ever. Radio Times
1.5
Writer director Mark Herman (Blame it on the Bellboy) takes an uneasy approach to all this, as if hes never quite sure whether to make this a flat out .. Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
3.8
An accessible, entertaining package that is at once formulaic and clich busting. Mr Brown Movies
4.5
Suffice it to say that a man trying to hang himself while wearing a complete clown suit (including big ol shoes) doesnt seem quite as horrifying as it .. Cnn
3.8
At once a tear jerker and a life affirming comedy, Brassed Off is the best kind of mush. Spliced Wire
3.8
The movie is unapologetically pro labor and anti Tory, but the tone is righteously angry, not just preachy. Movie Habit
4.5
Like the music it celebrates, Brassed Off is in your face yet sentimental, rousing yet sad, defiant but full of heart. Boxoffice Magazine
3.8
audacious, angry but oddly agreeable screed on the social evils of Thatcherism in 1992 Great Britain. Tulsa World
4.5
They look like those dancing balls on television screens that encourage sing alongs. Baltimoresun
4.5
Director Mark Herman conveys Englands controversial mine pit closure program in a dark, docudrama style that echoes the gritty realism achieved in the .. Boston Phoenix
3.5
Brassed Off drives toward an ending that combines bitterness and high spirits, plus a heavy measure of romanticism. Like the movie itself, its an odd .. Enquirer



See Where to Watch Brassed Off