Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

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Pat W "I've seen better." Normally I only encounter this phrase in the bedroom when it is told to me by women. But today, I'll be the one saying this phrase, and I'll be saying it in regard to this movie. What's that you say? Surely I must be lying? Okay, fine, you got me, I lied: normally when I hear the phrase "I've seen better" within the bedroom context it's told to me by a man, not a woman. I don't see why you needed to out me like that, jerk. Can we please just talk about the movie? Great. Basically, it excels at being weird but fails at being good (kind of like the movie reviews I write). With its uniquely excessive sprinkling of lunacy and absurdism but near total lack of comedic substance, "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life" is like a piece of cardboard seasoned with fine exotic spices: it gives me indigestion. I would not recommend it, but at least the reason it fails isn't because it's bland. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 10/04/24 Full Review Oaklee D Not my favourite python film but did get a few chuckles out of me. Not my cup of tea. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/18/24 Full Review Audience Member A GREAT MOVIE WITH MANY GREAT SKETCHES Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/07/24 Full Review Jay H "Shut up! Shut up, you American. You always talk, you Americans. You talk and you talk and say 'let me tell you something' and 'I just wanna say this'. Well, you're dead now, so shut up!" Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/25/24 Full Review Audience Member So what is the meaning of life? According to Monty Python it's a myriad of things A series of sketches by the British comedy master himself along with directors Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones This delves into the cycles of birth, life, sex, death and so on This is also the last collaboration with Eric Idle, John Cleese, and Graham Chapman They start off as talking fish heads questioning life's meaning and overall existence This could definitely be one of those movies you don't know what to quite think about It's both weird and gross breaking away from traditional storytelling from what 'Life of Brian' and 'Holy Grail' were used to Sex, marriage, a house, family, a job all collide together making up most of us on this planet given the opening titles The sketches go from start to finish bouncing from childbirth to birth control to superiority of faith to being God-fearing followers to not being interested in what adults have to say even when talking about sexual intercourse to war to being an organ donor while also satirizing song sequences like 'Oliver' emphasizing how insignificant we are Still you can't blame the filmmakers for taking some comedic risks now and then As a whole it makes very little sense but in spades it's fine So it just depends on what you're looking for here if the movie will work or not Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 04/01/24 Full Review fred f Loved every bit of it. However, pne needs to be a fan of gross out humor for parts of it. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/12/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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