In spite of a good cast I did not enjoy 'Brassed Off'. The characters are all presented as helpless victims who can only show their pride in order to survive.
Certain scenes such as the bailiffs seizing possessions from Stephen Tomkinson's house just seem added on for pathos. The final concert scenes at the Albert Hall are perhaps the worst in the film, especially the sentimental tub-thumping by Pete Postlethwaite. The music was about the only good thing in the film. Overall it was just a sentimentalised and romanticised view of a defeated working-class pit community which will, no doubt, appeal to the politically inept.
Certain scenes such as the bailiffs seizing possessions from Stephen Tomkinson's house just seem added on for pathos. The final concert scenes at the Albert Hall are perhaps the worst in the film, especially the sentimental tub-thumping by Pete Postlethwaite. The music was about the only good thing in the film. Overall it was just a sentimentalised and romanticised view of a defeated working-class pit community which will, no doubt, appeal to the politically inept.