In 1997, Carlisle had a major climax in his career when he took over the role of Channel Four's "The Full Monty".
The story of "The Full Monty" takes place in the British industrial city Sheffield. Carlisle plays Gaz as a steel factory worker who is unemployed and divorced. He lives with his son, ex-wife, and financial constraints.
Carlisle here almost has no performance element to bring to the audience the image of a British blue-collar who is economically embarrassed and loves his son. He is young, not well-educated, and has many shortcomings, but he loves his son very much. Unlike the father in " La Vita è bella, " who pays great attention to his son’s mental health, the Carlisle version of the father takes his son wherever he goes, including going back to the factory to steal steel and striptease. He also pays great attention to his son’s growth, so He took his son to watch a football match, but it was a way of evading tickets. In this regard, although his son is often very shameless by him, he still loves this unsuccessful father very much.
The unemployed workers of the closed steel plant gathered together. Seeing the scenery of the town’s strippers, the ghostly Gaz also wanted to organize a striptease show to make a small profit and let the arrogant town women look at them with admiration. So a group of mobs began to fight for their lofty goals. The process was funny and difficult, and it was a British drama with tears in laughter. When in the end, the six strong men finally stood under the stage lights. Amid the screaming and cheers of the wife's family, the group of losers finally succeeded.
As mentioned earlier, Carlisle’s life experience, his mother left home, and the worker’s father raised him independently. In fact, this strong father-son relationship is often hidden in Carlisle’s movies. In movies, the tough Robert Carlisle often plays the role of a father who becomes a puddle of water in the face of a child, such as the failed father in " Angela's Ashes " and the father in "28 Weeks". Their level is not high and they are very good. Failure, but never blush to the child.
