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==Reception== ''Brassed Off'' received an 80% approval rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] based on 49 reviews, with an [[weighted arithmetic mean|average rating]] of 6.8/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "''Brassed Off'' combines inspiring drama with populist socioeconomics to create a film whose familiar outlines are filled in with genuine and surprisingly palpable emotion."<ref>{{cite web |title=Brassed Off (1997) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/brassed_off |publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=2022-03-29}}</ref> The film was one of Film Four Distributors first major releases and opened on 203 screens in the UK with a gross of £466,058 in its opening weekend, finishing third at the UK box office behind ''[[Dragonheart]]'' and ''[[The Nutty Professor (1996 film)|The Nutty Professor]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=8 November 1996|last=Duncan|first=Celia|page=22|title=Blowing Your Own Trumpet}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=UK Top 15: November 1–3|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=8 November 1996|page=23}}</ref> It went on to gross £2,128,437 in the UK.<ref name=gross>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Screen International]]|title=UK Top 100 Films Dec 1, 1995-Nov 29, 1996|page=55|date=24 January 1997}}</ref> The film's reputation has grown considerably since its initial release. ''Brassed Off'' is ranked 85th on the BFI list of Top 100 British Films<ref>{{Cite web|title=BBC News {{!}} Entertainment {{!}} Best 100 British films - full list|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/455170.stm|access-date=2021-11-18|website=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> A reevaluation in 2018 concluded, "Like Danny’s speech at the Royal Albert Hall, the film is honest, poignant and powerful. Twenty years on, its message is still all too relevant. And the music is bloody great, by the way."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/film/brassed-off-miner-masterpiece-61231|title=Brassed Off: a miner masterpiece with a powerful message|first=Mark|last=Butler|date=July 24, 2018|website=inews.co.uk|accessdate=August 14, 2022}}</ref>
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