Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

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Laurence P 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. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/21/25 Full Review I. S. W 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. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/21/25 Full Review Kevin P 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. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/25 Full Review Carly K This movie is very funny... and has great musical numbers in it as well... loved it.. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/29/24 Full Review Jim P Life Of Brian is a better movie, but for a taste of Monty Python, this hits the spot. Some very funny moments, others not so good. But a lot of it takes the mickey out of the British Class System. Bravo! Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/19/24 Full Review 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 Read all reviews

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