Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

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- 75/100 based on 123,174 votes
  • Released: 1983
  • Runtime: 107 mins
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  • Studio: Celandine Films
  • Genres: Comedy

Why are we here, what's it all about? The Monty Python team is trying to sort out the most important question on Earth: what is the meaning of life? They do so by exploring the various stages of life, starting with birth. A doctor seems more interested in his equipment than in delivering the baby or caring for the mother, a Roman Catholic couple have quite a lot of children because "every sperm is sacred". In the growing and learning part of life, Catholic schoolboys attend a... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life:

Terry Gilliam
Graham Chapman
John Cleese
Eric Idle
Terry Jones
Michael Palin

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Why are we here, what's it all about? The Monty Python team is trying to sort out the most important question on Earth: what is the meaning of life? They do so by exploring the various stages of life, starting with birth. A doctor seems more interested in his equipment than in delivering the baby or caring for the mother, a Roman Catholic couple have quite a lot of children because "every sperm is sacred". In the growing and learning part of life, Catholic schoolboys attend a rather strange church service and ditto sex education lesson. Onto war, where an officer's plan to attack is thwarted by his underlings wanting to celebrate his birthday, and an officer's leg is bitten off by presumably an African tiger. At middle age, a couple orders "philosophy" at a restaurant, after which, the movie continues with live organ transplants. The autumn years are played in a restaurant, which, after being treated to the song "Isn't It Awfully Nice to Have a Penis?" by an entertainer, sees the arrival of an extremely fat man. He can eat a lot, but also throw up quite copiously. The Grim Reaper brings for the final stage of human life, death, a visit to a mansion, where the people are rather interested in him. But life doesn't stop at death. It's onto heaven, where it's always Christmas.

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Entertainment Weekly - 10/10 by Glenn KennyLife is Python at its most relentlessly tasteless and uncompromisingly Swiftian.
The A.V. Club - 8/10 by Noel MurrayThe Meaning Of Life is unsparing and elaborate in its vision of humanity at its foulest.
Entertainment Weekly - 8/10 by Keith StaskiewiczIt’s tough to find the meaning in much of the craziness on display here, let alone the meaning of all human existence as the title promises, but you will find a whole lot of exquisite nonsense.
Chicago Sun-Times - 6/10 by Roger EbertA movie that seems consumed with a desire to push us too far. This movie is so far beyond good taste, and so cheerfully beyond, that we almost feel we're being One-Upped if we allow ourselves to be offended.
The New York Times - 6/10 by Vincent CanbyMonty Python's the Meaning of Life is funny but, being unreasonable, I wish it were funny from start to finish.
Empire - 6/10 by Ian NathanExcessive and self-indulgent it's true but still the Pythons at their worst are still worth a look.
User Review - 10/10 by crigamonOne of the most funniest comedy masterpieces of all time showing Monty Phyton's greatness and awesomeness! See it to laugh it out loud!
User Review - 10/10 by Kai82Another great Monty Python movie. Like the title suggests it is a satire / comedy about life. From birth to death nothing will be spared from black humor. Be it religion, work, sex, war, eating and more. The only question for you is if you like the Monty Python style of humor. If yes then this is an awesome and entertaining movie. The humor works so well that I can only praise the movie. They master satire, parody, exaggeration and nonsense humor. It is such a pleasure to watch. Also like any good comedy and/or satire it gives a bit to think about. The Monty Python team consisting of Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, John Cleese and Michael Palin was just awesome at their time and I wished they made more movies. Overall I think this is a must see for Monty Python fans and maybe even others. It has a lot of clever observations, satire and black humor.
User Review - 8/10 by liamexeThe third and final Monty Python film was this one. They clearly weren't going to leave peacefully, as evidenced by the abundance of "offensive?" sketches in this film. Although I personally found nothing objectionable in the movie, religious and closed-minded folks were slightly offended. (Such a disgrace.) Making people laugh is what comedians are meant to do, and Python were always doing it. In my opinion, they were successful. It is obvious that the majority of renowned American reviewers simply did not get this. They were perplexed by the topic of the majority of the sketches, which is really unexpected considering how straightforward and unnecessary they all were. The Python team's departure from us was appropriate and right.
User Review - 7/10 by kyle20ellisThe Meaning of Life is not for everyone. It is very tasteless, but it is often brilliant too. The film is uneven of course but it is very funny. It looks good, the direction is solid and the dialogue and gags are witty, unique and inspired. The acting and comic timing from Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Michael Palin and Terry Jones is impeccable too. And there are some genuinely funny moments such as the sequence in which a financial institution is boarded by swashbuckling pirates and Every Sperm is Sacred. However, some of the middle half borders on the dull side, while the war parody is overlong and the sequence in which a glutton explosively overeats is incredibly grotesque(one word of advice: don't watch this sequence while eating). Overall though, it is funny and clever.

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