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Life of Brian (1979) Rank 4 Reviews
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Dallas Morning News (Chris Vognar)
A king-size cult comedy hit. ...read the complete Life of Brian movie review at Dallas Morning News (Chris Vognar)
Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
The more things change, the more we have to laugh if we are to have a prayer of remaining sane, and the Pythons are the best possible step in that direction. ...read the complete Life of Brian movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
www.kcactive.com (Uri Lessing)
...targets...religious zealots who take Jesus simple messages of peace and love and use them...as cries for war and persecution. ...read the complete Life of Brian movie review at www.kcactive.com (Uri Lessing)
Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
Still has its rude, rowdy sting -- and it still speaks more truth about religion than nearly all serious movies on the subject. ...read the complete Life of Brian movie review at Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
Jersey Film Society - review
Roman occupied Judea, the early hours, 25 December 0000. A single-mother, Mandy, (Terry Jones) gives birth to a boy, Brian, in a stable in Bethlehem, just down the road from the site of another happy event. Three kings arrive, pay homage to the baby, ...read the complete Life of Brian movie review at Jersey Film Society - review
The Fresh Films Review (Norwegian)
En av de mest vellykede parodier som er laget, og utvilsomt en folk kan bli støtet av. Men denne lystige filmen har neppe til hensikt å fordømme kristendommen. De gale guttene fra Monty Python vil rett og slett more seg over å leke med den vestlige ...read the complete Life of Brian movie review at The Fresh Films Review (Norwegian)
eFilmCritic
Back in 1978, the British-based comedy troupe put together a riotous spoof of Old Jerusalem life, and incited mass controversy and huge anti-Python protests, primarily in the southern United States. Some cities down there even banned "Brian" from their ...read the complete Life of Brian movie review at eFilmCritic
SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
The Life of Brian was the third film from the Monty Python team. The Pythons â Eric Idle, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin and Terry Jones â originally came together, writing and appearing in the cult tv series Monty ...read the complete Life of Brian movie review at SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)
Although some consider Monty Python an acquired taste, anyone with a sense of humor and an open mind should find something in this movie to enjoy. ...read the complete Life of Brian movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)
CinemaZone.dk
I 1979 vakte Monty Pythonâs Flying Circus furore med deres historie om Brian, der forveksles med Jesus, men filmen har for længst gÃ¥et sin sejrsgang overalt, og er til stadighed at finde pÃ¥ top-5-lister over de sjoveste film nogensinde. Nu fÃ¥r vi ...read the complete Life of Brian movie review at CinemaZone.dk
The Movie Chicks
In the year that Mel made it okay again to make biblical movies, the Monty Python gang decided to capitalize on the trend and re-release their own irreverent look at 33 A.D. (and celebrate the film's 25th anniversary). This isn't the story of ...read the complete Life of Brian movie review at The Movie Chicks
BBC Films
In Judea, a mother tends her newborn child. Lo, from the east three wise men appear to pay tribute to the infant - but they want the stable next door: this is Brian Cohen not Jesus Christ! Rolling forward 33 years, Brian joins the People's Front of ...read the complete Life of Brian movie review at BBC Films
DVD Talk (Jeff Field)
For fans of Monty Python, there is no arguing that this disc is a requirement for any DVD collection. For everyone else, if you're looking for a funny movie with a lot of great extras, then Life of Brian Criterion is the way to go. ...read the complete Life of Brian movie review at DVD Talk (Jeff Field)
PreViewed DVD
The story starts off in a manner familiar to many. A woman is sitting in a barn next to her newborn son. Three men from the Orient enter, bearing gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. As they kneel to worship, they ask the mother the name of the child. ...read the complete Life of Brian movie review at PreViewed DVD
iF Magazine
The thing about Monty Python movies is that they're not really movies at all as much as collections of hilarious sketches and skits built around a unifying idea. In the case of LIFE OF BRIAN, that central theme is the title character, an unfortunate ...read the complete Life of Brian movie review at iF Magazine
ToxicUniverse.com (John Nesbit)
Itâs now hard to imagine the furor that surrounded the 1979 release of the Pythonâs Life of Brian, a film that ends with such a positive finishing song. But until Scorseseâs The Last Temptation of Christ was released in 1988, no film received the ...read the complete Life of Brian movie review at ToxicUniverse.com (John Nesbit)
Boston Globe
"No God and no religion can survive ridicule," wrote Mark Twain, but for once the sage of Hannibal was wrong. How else could the church and decades of pompous Hollywood religious epics survive the thwacking given them in 1979 by "Monty ...read the complete Life of Brian movie review at Boston Globe
filmcritic.com (James Brundage)
The year was 1979 and the world was threatened by fundamentalism. Following the end of a prosperous period, people had begun to become mistrustful again. Right-wingers were beginning to weed their way into the political landscape, and the hearts of men ...read the complete Life of Brian movie review at filmcritic.com (James Brundage)
Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
I can't say Life of Brian stands as a comic masterpiece, but it's an indelible part of impolite cinema history, and some of its asides remain priceless. ...read the complete Life of Brian movie review at Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
Movie Reviews UK
As one of those rare productions aimed squarely enough at a belief system to generate instant controversy, Life of Brian has a reputation. Around it, undimmed by the passage of decades, swarms an angry halo of fear, hatred and intolerance. Even now it ...read the complete Life of Brian movie review at Movie Reviews UK
Dragan Antulov
For me, LIFE OF BRIAN is the best Monty Python film because, unlike in all the rest, Monty Python jokes are held together with more or less coherent plot. But that doesn't mean that the film is conventional in any other sense. For example, all members ...read the complete Life of Brian movie review at Dragan Antulov
Richard A. Zwelling
small part to the success of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christjust a few months earlier. I can think of no more appropriate timefor this occasion, because I find it ironic that Gibson's film islabeled as the more "substantive" one. After all, Life ...read the complete Life of Brian movie review at Richard A. Zwelling
DVDActive (Warwick Gaetjens)
there's a combination of useless memorisations! As fans already know (and will probably start arguing with me on the finer points), Life Of Brian (1979) was the third full cinematic movie produced by this crazy bunch of former university students ...read the complete Life of Brian movie review at DVDActive (Warwick Gaetjens)
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