The Meaning of Life (1983)
The comedy team takes a look at life in all its stages in their own uniquely silly way. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
Written By: John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Graham Chapman
Starring: John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Matt Frewer, Graham Chapman, Patricia Quinn, Simon Jones, Carol Cleveland, Andrew MacLachlan, Judy Loe
Franchise: Monty Python
AKA: Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Country: UK
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| 4 |  |
jimmynmu | 77 71% |
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More like an episode of flying circus rather then a film, but still funny. Not as good as the Life of Brian and Holy Grail partly because it doesn't have a story.
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| 3 | triffid | 70 18% |
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As much as I love Monty Python, "The Meaning of Life" doesn't really work as a film. There are some moments of brilliance ("Every sperm is sacred" is incredible), but the rest of it is too fragmented and sometimes just plain unfunny.
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Magb | 70 39% |
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Not bad, but it isn't half as funny as Holy Grail and the satire doesn't work as well as that of Life of Brian. Whether it's because of the much-cited disjointedness or because the material just isn't as good, I can't quite say. But then, any movie that has both "Every Sperm Is Sacred" and the "Galaxy Song" can't be all bad. And it isn't.
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Okkervil | 81 85% |
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Never understand those who see this as the weakest Python movie. Genuinely hilarious. "Try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations".
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arkadia | 70 46% |
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A couple of funny sketches (I love the battlefield one) and two great songs among a whole lot of boringness. The best parts may be the opening credits and the simple closing message.
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CMonster | 85 80% |
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I hope heaven is actually like that.
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doctor7 | 76 64% |
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Certainly more of a critique than a comedy but still delivers plenty of laughs. Though I think you have to have actually experienced what they're refercing to fully appreciate the humour of it. While I think it's definitely the weakest of the Monty Python films it's still entertaining as long as you're not easily offended.
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Moribunny | 58 48% |
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A bit disappointing coming from the people who made Life of Brian, as well as the Holy Grail.
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MartinTeller | 62 20% |
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Firstly, the sketch format just doesn't work for a full-length picture. Secondly, the movie relies too heavily on shock value, as if the aging Pythons were desperate to show they were still naughty and edgy. There are funny bits, but on the whole there's not enough laughs.
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| 1 | nunstrangler | 71 60% |
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Funny, technically impressive film.
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moraesfelipe | 73 76% |
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Still daring and original, but not quite funny as the Holy Grail and Life of Brian. The short feature The Crimson Permanent Assurance might be the best thing here.
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billkerwin | 81 48% |
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Spotty, but very funny in parts.
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fenixdown | 72 43% |
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Definitely the most sketchy of the Python films. Some of the sketches work, and some don't.
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Anselmi86 | 62 40% |
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Definitely worth seeing for the scene in which the young kids get destroyed in the rugby match.
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| 1 | Omicron91 | 90 75% |
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Just so bizarre and awesome.
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Rufam | 75 72% |
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Not as consistently funny as "The Holy Grail", although even more hysterical, "The Meaning of Life" is nevertheless an audacious, wacky and occasionally laugh-out-loud hilarious parody. In the end, you may have learned nothing about the meaning of life, but it's a hugely entertaining experience, exquisitely balancing between vitriolic wit and gross-out grandiosity. And although several of the segments in the first part don't quite work, there are too many priceless moments here to dismiss it.
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chemical404 | 65 71% |
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Philosophy, sex, vomit, absurdity, surrealism and satire - everything is well mixed in this film by the creative minds that are behind the Monty Python's name. More a bunch of loosely connected sketches than a real movie it really is a mixed bag. Some bits are almost genius while others are just plain stupid.
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purgatos | 50 16% |
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A couple of good jokes but mostly just boring.
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tathiel | 85 84% |
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I'm a Python fan, hence I like it, but it's not one of their best movies. There are some really good ideas, funny, but it was weaker than all the others.
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| 1 | Egregius | 73 23% |
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The unfunny one. Still worth it for a few of the sketches, but being a mix of funny and unfunny sketches is essentially where it went all wrong to begin with.
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spamhead80 | 92 93% |
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If you don't love "Every Sperm is Sacred" you are dead inside.
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fuzzix | 95 99% |
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The actual, real meaning of life!
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KasperL | 60 50% |
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Uneven as hell, but every time I was just about to write it off for being too dated, silly or strange, something ingenious (sometimes flat-out brilliant) would come along.
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nandorizzi | 65 52% |
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The most weak of the movies of Monty Python. But that does not mean anything because everyone is good.
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| 1 | Dustyd | 60 39% |
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Weakest material from the troop still has it' share of wit and laughs.
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prowler | 67 65% |
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no brian or grail, but it's still monty python
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JooJoo | 5 80% |
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I love the progression of sketches here; it took a few rewatches but I'm convinced that the opening segment is a genius slice of Gilliam distraction from the typical format. The musical numbers are highlights - elaborate and clever to an absurd degree.
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| 1 | hank | 65 28% |
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Great songs, but a little drawn out and random. Some not-funny stuff.
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eveelun | 63 26% |
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Some great stuff here (e.g. the opening sequence, "Every Sperm is Sacred") but it's not consistent and the sketch format doesn't translate to film as well as Python's previous narrative features.
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fuzzleshnops | 84 69% |
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My favorite part was when Eric Idle pops out of the fridge and Willy Wonka-style sings about the cosmos to a transvestite Terry Jones who is awe-stricken... before she gets her liver taken out alive by a straight-playing (instead of the usual silly) John Cleese.
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| Average Percentile 61.73% from 5871 Ratings |  |