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Brassed Off

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United Kingdom, United States · 1996
Rated R · 1h 47m
Director Mark Herman
Starring Pete Postlethwaite, Tara Fitzgerald, Ewan McGregor, Stephen Tompkinson
Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance

When a small Yorkshire mining town is threatened with being shut down, the only hope is for the men to enter their Brass Band into a national competition. Morale is low until Gloria appears carrying her Flugelhorn. At first, mocked for being a woman, she soon becomes the only chance for the band to win.

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Salon by Stephanie Zacharek

Herman isn't sure if he's doing a big-statement picture or a tiny treasure of a comedy, and his confusion throws Brassed Off off balance.

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Washington Post by Stephen Hunter

An odd duck of a movie, it's really a British Labor Party television commercial bitterly shoehorned into the cheesy format of an American triumph fantasy, with a horn section.

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San Francisco Examiner by Walter Addiego

Writer-director Mark Herman seems genuinely moved by the plight of the mining communities, but his attempt to translate those feelings into a story shows the effects of hard labor.

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