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Brassed Off (1996)

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Reviews Counted:27

Fresh:21

Rotten:6

Average Rating:6.6/10

Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: When government cutbacks threaten a century-old Yorkshire mine, the brass band consisting of the miners and their families struggles to keep it together in the face of economic repression and... When government cutbacks threaten a century-old Yorkshire mine, the brass band consisting of the miners and their families struggles to keep it together in the face of economic repression and emotional turmoil. [More]

Starring: Pete Postlethwaite, Tara Fitzgerald, Ewan McGregor, Stephen Tompkinson

Starring: Pete Postlethwaite, Tara Fitzgerald, Ewan McGregor, Stephen Tompkinson, Jim Carter, Philip Jackson, Peter Martin, Sue Johnston, Mary Healey, Lill Roughley, Melanie Hill, Peter Gunn, Stephen Moore, Kenneth Colley, Olga Grahame, Toni Garlacki, Sky Ingram, Luke McGann, Christopher Tetlow, Bernard Wrigley, Ken Kitson, Adrian Hood, Sally Adams, Tubby Andrews, Katherine Dow Beyton, Adam Fogerty, Vanessa Know-Mawer, Sally Ann Matthews, Jacqueline Naylor, Bob Rodgers, Max Smith, Ronnie Stevens, Peter Wallis

Director: Mark Herman

Director: Mark Herman
Screenwriter: Mark Herman
Producer: Steve Abbott, Olivia Stewart
Composer: Trevor Jones

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fun but overrated

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Fantastica Daily

An accessible, entertaining package that is at once formulaic and cliché-busting.

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Touching story is a good early showcase for McGregor

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Margaret A. McGurk
Margaret A. McGurk
Cincinnati Enquirer

Stirring film about losing your job and reclaiming your soul.

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Pete Postlethwaite's best film this summer!

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