Monty Python and the Holy Grail

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail

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1h 31m

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A comedic send-up of the grim circumstances of the Middle Ages as told through the story of King Arthur and framed by a modern-day murder investigation. When the mythical king of the Britons leads his knights on a quest for the Holy Grail, they face a wide array of horrors, including a persistent Black Knight, a three-headed giant, a cadre of shrubbery-challenged knights, the perilous Castle Anthrax, a killer rabbit, a house of virgins, and a handful of rude Frenchmen.

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Critics Consensus

A cult classic as gut-bustingly hilarious as it is blithely ridiculous, Monty Python and the Holy Grail has lost none of its exceedingly silly charm.

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Terry Gilliam

Director

Terry Jones

Director

Graham Chapman

King Arthur

John Cleese

Second Soldier with an Interest in Birds

Terry Gilliam

Patsy (Arthur's Trusty Steed)

Eric Idle

Dead Collector

Alexander Walker

London Evening Standard

It is quite the brightest home-grown comedy in ages.

Apr 1, 2025

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Colin Bennett

The Age (Australia)

There are uninspired lapses... and there are rich and hilarious moments of the absurd. A review cannot help turning into a catalogue of the hits rather than the misses.

Apr 1, 2025

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Patrick Gibbs

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Historical burlesque is really far too obvious and too familiar for the usually unpredictable Monty Python team of writers and actors, and they get terribly bogged down in Arthurian England, circa AD 932.

Apr 1, 2025

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Penelope Houston

Observer (UK)

The effortfully inane action, verbal tomfoolery and in-house TV jokes dangle limply from the cinema screen, waiting for a breeze which the directors, Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones, never manage to whistle up.

Apr 1, 2025

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Tom Hutchinson

Liverpool Echo

Much more disciplined than their first film and, therefore, more effective in gags which, however brutal, still manage to smartly crack the funnybone.

Apr 1, 2025

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Dorothy Smiljanich

Tampa Bay Times

The search for the Holy Grail has never been so outrageously funny, so full of mocking satire and absurd thought associations that trigger a string of wildly unrelated fantasies.

Apr 1, 2025

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Audience Member

Always a blast to watch. The laughs don't stop. Quite possibly the best comedy movie ever made.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/02/25

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Caysen A

a funny and memorable satire.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/27/25

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Audience Member

Basically a perfect movie. The most funny random movie I've ever seen. Just hilarious.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/24/25

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Emma F

King Arthur’s quest for the Holy Grail, accompanied by a quirky group of knights, is filled with humor and absurdity. Their journey takes them through various challenges, including encounters with murderous rabbits and political dissidents.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/08/25

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Lyrical S

Entirely messy and self aware, this film is a work of art that still stands up to its reputation today. Its witty parallels and nonsensical plotlines continue to resonate with audiences, and it's various visual techniques keep the viewer stimulated. A lot of work went into the final product, and it shows, yet it also manages to portray a certain degree of effortlessness. Monty Python has cemented itself into the history of absurdist comedy films.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/01/25

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Kayce D

I have loved this movie ever since I was a child, and it never gets old. It's a cinematic masterpiece.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/26/25

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Synopsis

A comedic send-up of the grim circumstances of the Middle Ages as told through the story of King Arthur and framed by a modern-day murder investigation. When the mythical king of the Britons leads his knights on a quest for the Holy Grail, they face a wide array of horrors, including a persistent Black Knight, a three-headed giant, a cadre of shrubbery-challenged knights, the perilous Castle Anthrax, a killer rabbit, a house of virgins, and a handful of rude Frenchmen.

Director: Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
Producer: Mark Forstater
Screenwriter: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Michael Palin
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Co: Michael White Productions, Python (Monty) Pictures Limited, National Film Trustee Company
Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 1, 1975, Wide
Rerelease Date (Theaters): May 4, 2025
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 17, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.8M
Runtime: 1h 31m
Sound Mix: Mono