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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)

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Reviews Counted:27

Fresh:24

Rotten:3

Average Rating:7.5/10

Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: The Monty Python collective explains it all in this episodic comedy that dares to take on the most "sacred" aspects of life--sex, food, politics and religion--and bring them hilariously down to... The Monty Python collective explains it all in this episodic comedy that dares to take on the most "sacred" aspects of life--sex, food, politics and religion--and bring them hilariously down to earth. One of the many highlights is the "Every Sperm is Sacred" episode that opens the film. [More]

Starring: Monty Python Cast

Starring: Monty Python Cast

Director: Terry Jones

Director: Terry Jones

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Jul 21, 1998

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Cole Smithey
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01/15/08
Garth Franklin
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06/30/07
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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Derek Adams
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06/01/05
Rebecca Murray
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06/01/05
Jonathan R. Perry
Jonathan R. Perry
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

Perfect Python!

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11/05/04
Kevin Carr
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

Prime Monty Python, primo laughs.

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10/15/04
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan
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08/30/04
Vincent Canby
Vincent Canby
New York Times
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Mostly dead-on and characteristically Pythonesque.

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03/11/04
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

Spotty and fitfully very funny. Lacks the structure of the other Python big screen films.

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01/29/04
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

MP, always funny...

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01/07/04
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
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MP, always funny...

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Stefan Birgir Stefansson
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12/01/03
Brian Gibson
Brian Gibson
Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

Com sua irreverência habitual, o Monty Python cria um filme que diverte o espectador com seus enlouquecidos esquetes e seu humor sem concessões.

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10/07/03
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
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09/20/03
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

Strictly for people with dark senses of humor, any Python film should be avoided by anyone that thinks Jay Leno is funny

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09/20/03
John A. Nesbit
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Ryan Cracknell
Ryan Cracknell
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A zany and outrageous comedy about the wrong-headedness of many serious people.

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07/23/03
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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