Monty Python and the Holy Grail

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail

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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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Kevin Maher

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

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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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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

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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

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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

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Mark

Funny as hell! New scenes I had not seen before. Seeing on the big screen was easier to concentrate on the film and the dialogue was much easier to understand.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/06/25

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Hunter

Never fails to make me laugh!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/05/25

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Jeff

As Gloriously Stupid as it was 50 years ago with a 15 minute lead in by the Pythons themselves.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/05/25

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Steve L

A classic movie that will never get old! Now being reintroduced to other generations.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/05/25

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Roger

It was amazing seeing it on the big screen, 50 years later

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/05/25

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Leonard C

Wonderful trip down nostalgia lane, with a wonderful introduction by the surviving members of Monty Python (Cleese, Palin, and Gilliam). Worth every penny! Still brings the laughs with the absurdity and British wit the Monty Python made famous.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/05/25

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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.

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

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