Monty Python's Life of Brian

Pros: Monty Python strikes again!
Cons: no cons whatsoever

I feel the need to explain just who Monty Python is...they are a British comedy troupe consisting of the likes of such brilliance as Michael Palin, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Graham "Ex-doc" Chapman, Eric Idle, and Terry Jones. Their hit comedy...

Pros: belly laughs AND dry wit in one package
Cons: only 93 minutes long

I have always had a weakness for irreverent humor. There is something especially sweet about peeving off the sanctimonious and self-righteous. It always struck me that humor should have an edge. Political correctness has never been a friend of ...

Pros: This is one of the funniest films of all-time!
Cons: Read above.

For the last few years, I have grown to become a very big fan of Monty Python. The Holy Grail...

Pros: Cleese, Palin
Cons: None, absolutely none

Brian or Jesus or a Comedy of Christ – More than just funny its sacrilegious ============================== ========================= Circa 1979 Tunisia, aka Judea 0 AD. A star is above Bethlehem, and it is bringing three wise men to find their ...

Pros: Multilayered humor; well-aimed barbed satire; charming performances; great sets
Cons: Much of this humor will be lost on or offensive to devoutly religious folks

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Pros: Priceless comedy, brilliant performances
Cons: Blinkered reactionary backlash against a great film

British comedy is, of course, the best in the world. And Monty Python’s Flying Circus, the surreal brainchild of a bunch of Oxbridge graduates, is frequently hailed as its finest hour. And then, in more than one interview, John Cleese says that Life ...

Pros: Cleese, Palin and all the people in between
Cons: I really can't think of any

This has to go on record as the Classic Monty Python spoof. Made in 1979, on the cusp of the big Biblical epics, this movie was banned in many places, and shunned by many. It is timeless. Thinking this film to be blasphemy is ludicrous. As the cast and...

Pros: May be the funniest movie ever made
Cons: Not to be taken seriously

Having seen Monty Python's Life of Brian, I now realize that there is a lot of information the bible fails to divulge. For example did you know that the three wise men showed up at the wrong stable on the night of Jesus's birth? Yes that's...

Pros: Enough hilarity to rate at least one viewing
Cons: Continuity lapses and cheap gags abound

As a die-hard Monty Python fan, Monty Python's Life of Brian is my least favorite of their movies (and that includes the sketch movie that the Pythons themselves maligned, And Now for Something Completely Different). The movie probably ...

Pros: Hilarious and brilliant!
Cons: None.

Monty Python wintered a storm of controversy back in 1979 with the release of “Life of Brian”. The “moral majority” saw to it that it was banned from being shown in the USA because it was so “blasphemous”. How funny they should interpret comedy,...

Pros: Very clever and original. Enjoyable throughout. A classic piece of comedy
Cons: Not for your devout grandmother

Many years ago now, I was a wee snip of a lad marveling at my family's very first VHS video recorder. My father had purchased it that very day and had also joined one of those new video library things and hired two movies! The Life of...

Pros: Very funny. Depicts human nature.
Cons: May not be for everyone's tastes.

I am a very loyal Monty Python Fan. I find their humor holds up over the decades. Today being both Chanukah, toward the end of Ramadan and Christmas, I thought it a good time to review this age less movie.
Having lived in Israel, and being an...

Pros: Monty Python destroys yet another genre
Cons: Not for the stuffed shirts in the crowd

Ahh... that most holy of nights, with the heavenly portents and three wise men bearing gifts. The get to their destination and deliver their gifts to... Brian. His mother's response: "I can use that gold and frankensence, but I don't know about...

Pros: Brilliant, hilarious satire. The entire troupe shines, especially Graham Chapman
Cons: None I can think of (although I could have lived quite happily without ever seeing Graham Chapman in a full-frontal nude scene!)

Not too long ago, I ran across a commentary on "Monty Python's Life of Brian" written by American conservative pundit William F. Buckley Jr. at the height of the controversy over the movie. Buckley took the film to task for the Monty Python...

Pros: Chapman, Cleese, Gilliam, Idle, Jones, Palin
Cons: Offends some viewers

The Monty Python comedy team, comprised of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin, grew to fame while creating the BBC television series Monty Python’s Flying Circus. They made the leap to feature...