Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

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17h Better than expected and ages well. Great messages explained in a funny way. For example, women have given birth for millennia; free without expensive equipment. A soldier can kill and be rewarded in war but if same person killed back at home they would be executed. Many other priceless messages. Actually a Christmas movie. See more Vince C Sep 15 A curate's egg. I could never see the point in following up Life of Brian with this. See more Robert P Jun 21 This is probably the most underrated Monty Python film by far. See more Laurence P Mar 21 First things first. I'm a big fan of Python. Loved the TV shows. The films Life Of Brian and The Holy Grail are, in my opinion masterpieces. But I never did warm to The Meaning Of Life. Maybe the two previous films raised the bar so high it was near on impossible to compete. TMOL is more of a sequence of sketches (like the TV show) rather than a film with a beginning, middle and end. Unlike the other two films, which I have revisited many times, I have only seen TMOL a couple of times since it's release. But recently I came across a small snippet of TMOL of social media and I thought I would give it another viewing. Well, I don't know what happened but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Each segment is more of a short film rather than a sketch. I eventually enjoyed the film as it was purposely made and presented by the Python team. The galaxy song is Eric Idle at his genius best. I now know I was wrong, and it was unfair, to hold TMOL up against their two previous films. See more I. S. W Feb 21 It's worth it for "Every Sperm Is Sacred", "The Galaxy Song" and the scene on Death, with the Grim Reaper. The Mr. Creosote scene is gross, but also worthwhile. Some of the scenes are dull. Sometimes it's a musical and sometimes not. See more Kevin P Feb 6 A very experimental and bizarre third entry in the Monty Python movie trilogy that sets aside the traditional three-act structure for a series of vignettes connected by the thematic strings of life, death, and the nihilistic meaningless that brews from our experiences dealing with both. It’s a very unique experience that feels edgier and more surreal, even for Monty Python standards. The best examples being the opening sequence with the elderly business pirates, the catholic children sketch, and the galaxy song. But it can be a bit too ambitious for its own good, as some of the sketches feel too disjointed and off-putting to be enjoyable (the worst offender being the disgusting dining room sequence). It’s not my favorite Monty Python property, but the high moments are so imaginatively funny that it easily makes up for its low off-putting moments to give us a good watch and a decent sendoff for the late Graham Chaplin. See more Read all reviews

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