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Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974)

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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.

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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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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.

March 29, 2011 Full Review Source: TIME Magazine
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Silly, sophomoric, and slapped together -- but would you want it any other way?

March 29, 2011 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader
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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.

September 4, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety
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Python's delightful and, on the whole, consistent reductio ad absurdum of the Grail legend.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out
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A marvelously particular kind of lunatic endeavor.

May 9, 2005
New York Times
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Holy Grail suffers from the same syndrome that afflicts many of these restored classics: It is better remembered than actually seen.

July 19, 2003 | Comments (40)
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More focused than the Pythons' future work... and a lot less dated, funnily enough.

January 22, 2013 Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews
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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.

November 26, 2012 Full Review Source: Baltimore Sun
Baltimore Sun

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.

April 25, 2012 Full Review Source: Creative Loafing
Creative Loafing

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.

March 9, 2012 Full Review Source: Scene-Stealers.com
Scene-Stealers.com

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.

March 3, 2012 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis
Movie Metropolis

A comedy classic that only misses out on the Python canon's top spot because the talented swines also made Life Of Brian.

March 29, 2011 Full Review Source: Film4
Film4

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.

March 29, 2011 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine

A zany, hysterically funny, and sometimes brilliant if sometimes sophomoric send-up of every medieval movie ever made.

March 29, 2011 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide
TV Guide's Movie Guide

This has to be one of the funniest movies I've ever seen.

April 29, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed
Cinema Crazed

Nonstop hilarity for families; some bawdy humor.

November 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media

... contains just about everything from the previous releases and a little bit more ....

July 10, 2007 Full Review Source: DVD Review
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Audience Reviews for Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Lo! Monty Python and the Holy Grail hast spake unto thee of King Arthur and ye olde Knights of the Round Table, amidst ye olde low budget! Okay, I won't write my whole review like that. My Old English is a bit rusty, and I hesitate to say you actually understood what I was saying. The same goes for the film itself, however. British comic troupe Monty Python debuted on television in the late 1960s with Flying Circus. Three years after compiling some skits from that series into a 1971 film, the gang released this film, arguably their first true feature-length work, whilst still faithful to the offbeat, farcical, often nonsensical taste that popularized them.

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June 14, 2011
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It's a shame I can't give a film 7 stars out of 5, because this film is almost worthy of that. One of my favorite reviewers online (Movie Bob for The Escapist) once pointed out that its extremely difficult to review a good comedy because it's impossible to accurately review it without giving away the good parts. And I'm now faced with this problem times a million. This is one of the funniest (if not the funniest) films of all time. Just take my word for it, this is a great film.
April 27, 2011
Jacob Ethington

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    1. Black Knight: All right, we'll call it a draw.
    – Submitted by Ben C (51 days ago)
    1. Old Man from Scene 24: Our King? Well I didn't vote for you!
    – Submitted by Dan P (2 months ago)
    1. French: Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
    – Submitted by Edward JM G (2 months ago)
    1. Three-Headed Knight: (First Head)I say let's kill him.
    2. Three-Headed Knight: (Second Head) Let's have tea first.
    3. Three-Headed Knight: (Third Head) Oh, stop your whining. First we kill him, then we have biscuts and tea.
    4. Three-Headed Knight: (Second Head) No biscuts. Let's just kill him already.
    5. Three-Headed Knight: (First Head) Alright, alright. First we kill him, then we have tea.
    6. Three-Headed Knight: (All Three) Right.
    7. Black Knight: (Second Head) Why, the blokes' run off!
    – Submitted by Samantha A (3 months ago)
    1. Knight: Ni!
    – Submitted by Bobby S (4 months ago)
    1. Old Man from Scene 24: Stop! WHAT is your name?
    2. King Arthur: It is Arthur, King of the Britons!
    3. Old Man from Scene 24: WHAT is your quest?
    4. King Arthur: To seek the Holy Grail!
    5. Old Man from Scene 24: WHAT is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
    6. King Arthur: What do you mean? African or European swallow?
    7. Old Man from Scene 24: I, I don't know that! *gets pulled to the sky and thrown down the Gorge of Eternal Peril*
    8. Sir Bedevere: How do you know so much about swallows?
    9. King Arthur: Well, you have to know these things when you're king, y'know.
    – Submitted by Matthew G (6 months ago)

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