Sudipto Basu
31May11
Okay, I was mistaken. It has definitely grown on me with time.
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Con-Bot 2.0
8Mar12
The most bizarre and deranged Python work and one of the most glorious black comedies of all time. Goes in a completely different direction than the other films, showing us instead a compilation of shorts tied together with the theme of life. Contains amazing gore and vomit scenes and also include moments of satirical brilliance (Every Sperm Is Sacred, ordering conversations from a restaurant and so on). Genius film.
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Clive.R.Watson
11Feb12
One of the best things about this, of course, is that it is meaningless. A string of incoherent events. Rather like something else I can think of.
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Christopher Scott Zeidel
27Dec11
There are definitely some funny scenes, but the second half gets too gross and drags a bit. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) and Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) are better films.
DT
25Sep11
One of the more unconventional winners of the Cannes Grand Prix but it’s certainly not undeserving of the honour. Wonderfully creative, very funny and deliriously absurd; it departs from the more clear-cut narrative structures of the troupe's previous features - or rather, it rejects the notion of 'clear-cut' narratives altogether - and ends up being their very best silver screen outing as a result. A brilliant work.
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Sudipto Basu
30Jul11
Haha, yeah. The scenes kept coming back to me. Besides I realised that part of the film is parody of films - as in the opening shot where the woman is being rushed to the maternity ward. Cinema has conditioned us with similar sequences where the doors are hastily pushed aside by attendants and the whole staff is concerned about the patient. That first jolt as the trolley hits the door is quite a jolt for the viewer too.
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Graeme Higginson
1Aug11
That's the way with Python. While, of the big three, it's probably my least favourite, there are some great subtleties throughout the film.
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danhofstra
22Nov10
Personally, this is my least favorite of the three films, but the Birth skit just floors me every time.
Debraj Biswas
29Sep10
One of the best satire/comedy films ever made, perhaps the best films. They've took the "THE MOST" philosophical subject "the Meaning Of Life" and have made a hilarious out of it!!!!
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richmondhill
19Feb10
Crimson Insurance... was directed by Gilliam. Apparently intended as an integral part of the film, it was split out as a 'supporting' feature.
PolarisDiB
31Jan10
The Pythons got it all bigger and better, sets and choreography and special effects and prosthetics and extras and early computer animation, and then throw it all into a mean-spirited absurdist mix of splattering blood and projectile vomiting and kicking religions ass and deconstructing every stage of human existence. I cannot decide whether this is my favorite Monty Python of all time or if I'll be able to sleep.
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MostlyDead
2Nov09
The Meaning of Life makes Monty Python look as if they're philosophers. It has a very epic view on the world and also adds some good naughty bits.
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Pierluigi Puccini
14Oct09
Althought not their best, the Python crew managed to once again successfully mock of all british so-called sacrosanct establishments.