Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Play trailer

3:09

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

PG

Released Apr 1, 1975

1h 31m

Comedy

Play Trailer

Watchlist

Watchlist

Tomatometer

Popcornmeter

92%

Tomatometer

130 Reviews

95%

Popcornmeter

250,000+ Ratings

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.

Watch on Peacock

Stream Now

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.

Read Critics Reviews

Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

There is ostensible dramatic coherence in the quest for the Grail by Graham Chapman’s long-suffering King of the Britons.

Rated: 4/5

May 3, 2025

Full Review

Alexander Walker

London Evening Standard

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

Apr 1, 2025

Full Review

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

Full Review

Allison Rose

FlickDirect

The cast's comedic versatility shines as each Monty Python member takes on multiple roles, making the film a hilarious and unforgettable classic.

Rated: 4/5

May 5, 2025

Full Review

Grant Hermanns

Screen Rant

Monty Python and the Holy Grail may still only be for the most dedicated to the group's unique sense of humor, but has aged like fine wine.

Rated: 9/10

May 4, 2025

Full Review

Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

Did the Pythons go on to make better films, as a group or individually? Maybe. But Holy Grail is peerless as a sustained goof, enlarging the sensibility of their TV skits to an epic canvas it simultaneously ridicules.

May 2, 2025

Full Review

Read all reviews

Stephen C

Funny in just 1 hour and 31 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/08/25

Full Review

Cameron H

A spoof of the legend of King Arthur and full of hilarious gags and absurd comedy, the story follows King Arthur who’s traveling around on an invisible horse, recruiting knights for his round table and to help him in his quest to find the mythical Holy Grail. Along the way they encounter a variety of obstacles, from the terrible Black Knight, to a three-headed giant, a killer rabbit, and the dreaded “Knights who say Ni!” This is one of my favorite movies and one of the greatest and most quotable comedy films of all-time! The humor is ridiculous and hilarious, the cast are having a good time, it’s just an all around fun movie!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/29/25

Full Review

Carston M

Absolute cinema. "We are the knights who say NI!"

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/26/25

Full Review

Bruce W

I had never seen this before. Had seen the odd clip and that was it. Huge fan of Life Of Brian which will have me quoting large chunks whenever it gets a mention. In fact I think that movie is a work of genius and it’s so hard to believe that it was banned in some places when released. So I was very pleased to be able to see this for the very first time in the cinema on its 50th anniversary re-release. It was very good. Some great line which I hope once given the opportunity to hear again will allow me to commit to memory. It was a sizeable audience for a midweek showing of such an old movie. It’s fair to say that the audience was largely made up of men of a certain age, but there was a smattering of young people and even women. I enjoyed it and the introduction by the living members of the Monty Python gang was most welcome.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/07/25

Full Review

Tyler S

I'm giving this a 3.5/5. I literally have no supporting evidence to this rating.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/30/25

Full Review

Helena O

Seeing this back in a theatre? I'm so there! Smart, so funny, so ahead of its time. Do not miss - esp if you don't know the Pythons.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/18/25

Full Review

Read all reviews

Read More

Read Less

POST RATING

WRITE A REVIEW

EDIT REVIEW

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

And Now for Something Completely Different

88%

87%

And Now for Something Completely Different

Watchlist

Love and Death

100%

90%

Love and Death

Watchlist

Car Wash

86%

59%

Car Wash

Watchlist

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

72%

83%

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

Watchlist

Murder by Death

63%

82%

Murder by Death

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Murder by Death

Discover more movies and TV shows.

View More

Know Your Critic: Rolling Stone Senior Editor David Fear

Ruth Wilson’s Five Favorite Films

Michael Jai White’s Five Favorite Films

Monty Python and the Holy Grail: Trailer 1

3:09

View more videos

View more photos

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

Most Popular at Home Now