THE MEANING OF LIFE part VII - The Review.
Ha!!! I’ve remembered almost everything about this movie without remembering it was THIS movie!
This thing has been rattling around in my head for decades. A bit of who I am is thanks to this damn film!
Loved revisiting and learning what, why, and how I’ve always remembered things like…
“Better.”
“Better, sir?”
“Better get a bucket. I’m going to throw up!”
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
It took God six days to create the heavens and the earth...and Monty Python ninety minutes to screw it up.
Rating
4.0 (2)
Release Date
3/31/1983Runtime
107 minsGenres
Overview
Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. Then there's the National Health doctors who try to claim a healthy liver from a still-living donor. The world's most voracious glutton brings the art of vomiting to new heights before his spectacular demise.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$9,000,000Revenue
$15,000,000Homepage
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How It Feels
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A gleefully anarchic sketch film that scorches pretension and respectability with surreal humor and no regard for boundaries. It's equal parts hilarious and repulsive, a relentless assault of sketches that wears its disregard for good taste as a badge of honor.
Mood
AbsurdPlayfulExhilarating
Themes
MortalityPowerCorruption
Tone
Satirical
Pacing
Brisk
Look
Stylized genrePractical effects
Structure
Anthology
Heads up
Graphic violenceBody horror
Terry Gilliam
Various Roles
Graham Chapman
Various Roles
John Cleese
Various Roles
Eric Idle
Various Roles
Terry Jones
Various Roles
Michael Palin
Various Roles
Carol Cleveland
Various Roles
Simon Jones
Cedric
Patricia Quinn
Mrs. Williams
Judy Loe
Nurse #1
Andrew Bicknell
(Segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Andrew MacLachlan
Groom
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