Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974)
Average Rating: 8/10
Reviews Counted: 66
Fresh: 63 | Rotten: 3
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.
Average Rating: 7.1/10
Critic Reviews: 17
Fresh: 16 | Rotten: 1
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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From its opening multi-language titles (that sure looks like Swedish) to the closing arrest of the entire Dark Ages cast by modern-day bobbies, Monty Python and the Holy Grail helped to define "irreverence" and became an instant cult classic. This time the Pythonites savage the legend of King Arthur, juxtaposing some excellently selected exterior locations with an unending stream of anachronistic one-liners, non sequiturs, and slapstick set pieces. The Knights of the Round Table set off in
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Terry Gilliam , Ian MacNaughton
Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones
Jan 1, 1975 Wide
Sep 7, 1999
Almi Cinema 5
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Graham Chapman
Hiccoughing Guard, King... -
John Cleese
Black Knight, French, S... -
Terry Gilliam
Old Man from Scene 24, ... -
Eric Idle
Concorde, Guard, Maynar... -
Terry Jones
Dennis's Mother, Prin, ... -
Michael Palin
1st Soldier with a Keen... -
Connie Booth
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Carol Cleveland
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Rita Davies
Historian Who Isn't A.J... -
Bee Duffell
Old Crone to Whom King ... -
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Sally Kinghorn
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John Young
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Neil Innes
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All Critics (66) | Top Critics (17) | Fresh (81) | Rotten (3) | DVD (55)
Grail is as funny as a movie can get, but it is also a tough-minded picture -- as outraged about the human propensity for violence as it is outrageous in its attack on that propensity.
Top CriticSilly, sophomoric, and slapped together -- but would you want it any other way?
Monty Python's Flying Circus, the British comedy group which gained fame via BBC-TV, send-up Arthurian legend, performed in whimsical fashion with Graham Chapman an effective straight man as King Arthur.
Python's delightful and, on the whole, consistent reductio ad absurdum of the Grail legend.
A marvelously particular kind of lunatic endeavor.
Holy Grail suffers from the same syndrome that afflicts many of these restored classics: It is better remembered than actually seen.
More focused than the Pythons' future work... and a lot less dated, funnily enough.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail may be 26 years old, but even in the fast-moving world of pop culture, it's no relic. It's still the Holy Grail of crazy comedy.
There's a semblance of a plot, but this is really just an excuse for the boys to engage in their unique brand of humor, which includes mimicry, dress-up, dry wit, slapstick and glorious non sequitors.
This new Blu-ray transfer cleans up the grainy picture of this low-budget classic as much as it can while packing in even more absurdist British humor for your buck.
If you like this film, the sad truth is that it's yet another visual upgrade, and it does contain what Gilliam called "the only reason for buying the Blu-ray"-those lost animations.
A comedy classic that only misses out on the Python canon's top spot because the talented swines also made Life Of Brian.
There's something about feature films that brings out the best in the Pythons. The occasional indulgence of the TV series is replaced by a more focused approach which wrings every conceivable joke out of a given subject.
A zany, hysterically funny, and sometimes brilliant if sometimes sophomoric send-up of every medieval movie ever made.
This has to be one of the funniest movies I've ever seen.
Nonstop hilarity for families; some bawdy humor.
... contains just about everything from the previous releases and a little bit more ....
Audience Reviews for Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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- Black Knight: All right, we'll call it a draw.
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- Old Man from Scene 24: Our King? Well I didn't vote for you!
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- French: Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
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- Three-Headed Knight: (First Head)I say let's kill him.
- Three-Headed Knight: (Second Head) Let's have tea first.
- Three-Headed Knight: (Third Head) Oh, stop your whining. First we kill him, then we have biscuts and tea.
- Three-Headed Knight: (Second Head) No biscuts. Let's just kill him already.
- Three-Headed Knight: (First Head) Alright, alright. First we kill him, then we have tea.
- Three-Headed Knight: (All Three) Right.
- Black Knight: (Second Head) Why, the blokes' run off!
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- Knight: Ni!
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- Old Man from Scene 24: Stop! WHAT is your name?
- King Arthur: It is Arthur, King of the Britons!
- Old Man from Scene 24: WHAT is your quest?
- King Arthur: To seek the Holy Grail!
- Old Man from Scene 24: WHAT is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
- King Arthur: What do you mean? African or European swallow?
- Old Man from Scene 24: I, I don't know that! *gets pulled to the sky and thrown down the Gorge of Eternal Peril*
- Sir Bedevere: How do you know so much about swallows?
- King Arthur: Well, you have to know these things when you're king, y'know.
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