Average Rating: 8/10
Reviews Counted: 61
Fresh: 58 | 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: 16
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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
PG, 1 hr. 32 min.
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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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.
Silly, 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.
A marvelously particular kind of lunatic endeavor.
Top CriticHoly Grail suffers from the same syndrome that afflicts many of these restored classics: It is better remembered than actually seen.
For all its shenanigans, Monty Python and the Holy Grail has a sense of humor that is intellectual, even academic, at heart.
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 ....
Troupe members Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones helmed this feature, bringing to it a visual style that is both cinematic and outrageously surreal.
Thirty-one years, plus well over a decade since I was abruptly introduced to the film. It is, as it was then, extraordinary.
A wonderful charm filters through these almost collegiate efforts, as if these underfunded Brits, in doing their best, did it better.
It's still one of the funniest, silliest and all-out strangest films you'll ever see. Now go away, or I shall taunt you a second time.
Did we really need another version of Monty Python and the Holy Grail? No. But visual upgrades are always appreciated, and we got one here.
I laughed so hard I thought I would stop breathing.
Thirty-one years after its release, this remains my favorite Python feature, and you probably already know if it's yours as well.
Python's delightful and, on the whole, consistent reductio ad absurdum of the Grail legend.
A Pythoneering comedy that just never stops!
June 14, 2011Super Reviewer
One of the greatest comedies ever made. Every scene is hilarious and memorable. The dialogue is also quotable as hell.
June 13, 2011Super Reviewer
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