Brassed Off
1996 · Movie · R · 107 min · ★ 7.0 · 70% critics
In a struggling Yorkshire mining town facing closure, a long-running brass band becomes a lifeline for workers and families trying to hold their community together. With a national competition ahead and tensions rising over jobs, pride, and politics, an unexpected new player helps push the band to aim higher than anyone thought possible.
Also known as Brassed Off!
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Details
- Years
- 1996
- Release date
- 1996-11-01
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Critic score
- 70/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (297 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a moving British comedy-drama mixing humour, hardship, and rousing music in a tight-knit town, in the vein of Muriel's Wedding or Little Voice; Not for you if you want light, purely feel-good stories.
Pros: stirring brass band music; heartfelt community drama; dry British humour | Cons: can feel sentimental; uneven tone shifts; politics may feel pointed
Themes
- northern england
- province
- brass band
- music competition
- yorkshire
Awards & recognition
- César Award — Best Foreign Film
Cast & crew
Ewan McGregor
as Andy Barrow
Tara Fitzgerald
as Gloria
Pete Postlethwaite
as Danny
Jim Carter
as Harry
Stephen Tompkinson
as Phil
Philip Jackson
as Jim
Sue Johnston
as Vera
Peter Martin
as Ernie
Melanie Hill
as Sandra
Mary Healey
as Ida
Directed by Mark Herman