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Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail" actually holds true on both counts. For those who have never seen Monty Python before, their style of comedy might take a while to get accustomed to. The six original members of the comedy troupe (Graham Chapman, John ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
Max Scheinin
There isn't very much that the near classic comedy "Monty Python And The Holy Grail" wants to accomplish; it's so modest in it's procedures and silly in it's meaning that it's altogether irresistable. What it wants to do is: make you laugh. And it ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at Max Scheinin
Zap2it.com
Back in 1975, when I first saw this smarty-pants burlesque of the legend of King Arthur and his knights, I was so unfamiliar with the Python group and their BBC college-boy antics, I took an overly dim view of Grail. I thought it was an incredibly silly, ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at Zap2it.com
iF Magazine
NOTE: With the re-release of Monty Pythonâs 1975 film MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL we enlisted two critics to debate the merits of the comedy, one who was there on the original release (Bill "Egghead" Brienza) and one who was not (Drew "Psycho" ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at iF Magazine
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Netflix (James Rocchi)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail will amuse and amaze. ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at Netflix (James Rocchi)
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A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
This is the first title from Columbia/Tristar that I've actually been dissapointed with. This is a 25 year old film, and some flaws are to be expected, but I think that an anamorphic transfer could(and would have) certainly helped this image look it's ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
UTK Daily Beacon (Michael Matassa)
Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
Back in 1975, the members of the Monty Python's Flying Circus went in
search of the Holy Grail and, in the process, created a cult hit that has
sustained it fans' interest for over 25 years. It's being released on the
big screen, once again, in hopes ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
Modamag.com - Collector's Edition DVD Review (Kage Alan)
I remember the first time I ever watched âMPATHGâ and being utterly confused by it. I was quite young, didnât understand British humor andâ¦letâs just leave it at my being young and not understanding British humor. My mother disliked it ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at Modamag.com - Collector's Edition DVD Review (Kage Alan)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"Monty Python's Flying Circus" has been a highly popular television show on the British Broadcasting Co. and has been successful in parts of the United States as well, with plans afoot to air it on KETC this fall. The Python players are all a little ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
Widely and rightly regarded as one of the funniest comedies of all time, "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" took inspired silliness to a new level that I doubt has been reached in the years since. The 1975 feature is somewhat more of a series of episodes ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
eye WEEKLY (Jason Anderson)
The first and slightest of the three proper Python films (not including the 1971 compendium movie And Now For Something Completely Different...), Monty Python and the Holy Grail returns to theatres with a refurbished print, a new stereo mix and "missing ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at eye WEEKLY (Jason Anderson)
RevolutionSF (Joe Hourcle)
I'm going to keep this review short, as this is, of course, the 'regular edition', and there's a new 'special edition'. The last time I checked Amazon.com, there's a $1 difference in the price. I admit, I bought the regular edition over a year ago, and ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at RevolutionSF (Joe Hourcle)
Jam! Movies
All the bits fans have quoted over the years are here, of course: the Knights Who Say Ni; the Bridge Of Death (and the fatal semantic distinction between European and African swallows); Brave Sir Robin (Eric Idle) and his hectoring, sarcastic minstrel; ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at Jam! Movies
DVD Authority.com ("Fusion3600")
King Arthur (Graham Chapman) has embarked on a noble, but dangerous quest, one to locate the legendary Holy Grail. So he mounts his horse...no, wait a second, due to shortages of horses, his faithful Patsy (Terry Gilliam) will be the steed, but he will ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at DVD Authority.com ("Fusion3600")
David N. Butterworth
More focused than their future work (and looking less dated now than ever before, surprisingly), "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" is a medieval romp filled to the pink curly edges with your typically irreverent and extremely silly Monty Python humor ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at David N. Butterworth
Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
John Cleese and Eric Idle show up at the Nuart
Theater in Santa Monica (06/15/01) to send off the
re-release of the digitally re-mastered version of
"Monty Python's Holy Grail" (complete with 23 ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
UpcomingDiscs.com (Rod Edwards)
CTHE has managed to squeeze yet another release out of the Monty Python franchise, this time in the form of a Holy Grail two-disc Special Edition. A single disc version with 2.0 sound streeted in September of 1999. While the discs are loaded with a ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at UpcomingDiscs.com (Rod Edwards)
The BigScreen Cinema Guide - Reader Reviews
The film has lived up to the luncey of the Monty Python troupe which I watched on television as a teenager. The film is very funny as the Monty Python, gang screwed the King Author legend. This film contain some very funny stuff, so funny that no comedic ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at The BigScreen Cinema Guide - Reader Reviews
Nizam U Ahmed
A castle atop a windy hill. Silence. Then we hear the sound of horse hooves approaching. Over the crest of the hill the figure of King Arthur appears. But he is on foot, hopping along on an imaginary steed, with Patsy following behind banging two coconut ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at Nizam U Ahmed
La Movie Boeuf (David N. Butterworth)
With several Hollywood releases grounded in the wake of the September 11th terrorist attacks on New York and Washington (one film in particular, Big Trouble, featured hijacking and carry-on nuclear weapons among its many plot devices), it is indeed ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at La Movie Boeuf (David N. Butterworth)
Doug Pratt's Laserdisc Review
We've never seen a presentation of the Monty Python film, And Now for Something Completely Different , that looked as fresh, colorful and undamaged as the new Columbia TriStar Home Video Deluxe Widescreen Presentation (76826, $35). Perhaps it is ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at Doug Pratt's Laserdisc Review
Doug Pratt's Laserdisc Review
We tried to watch our old RCA/Columbia version of Monty Python and the Holy Grail once and did not enjoy it, thinking that time had probably caused the jokes to go stale. Although we should know better, we put on the Voyager presentation of the movie ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at Doug Pratt's Laserdisc Review
Zoe Blade
This movie is a comedy set in Britain in the middle ages. If you've seen anything by the Monty Python lads before, you can probably already guess whether you'll like it or not, as it uses the same surreal humour as their other films and original TV show. ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at Zoe Blade
Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Still stands as a gloriously silly and twisted send-up. ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Slant Magazine (Arthur Ryel-Lindsey)
A wonderful charm filters through these almost collegiate efforts, as if these underfunded Brits, in doing their best, did it better. ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at Slant Magazine (Arthur Ryel-Lindsey)
InsidePulse (Robert Sutton)
To use the word Epic is to elicit a feeling of grandeur. Films associated with the word are usually huge, sprawling works with vast landscapes and larger than life historical backdrops such as the Civil War or ancient Rome. Classic films such as Lawrence ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at InsidePulse (Robert Sutton)
Los Angeles Times (Michael Wilmington)
An incredibly silly film of great humor, brilliant design and epic insanity. ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at Los Angeles Times (Michael Wilmington)
interrogation reports
God sends Arthur and his knights on a quest for the Holy Grail. Arthur gathers up a troupe of able bodied knights, but we don't have much hope that the knights will succeed since instead of horses the knights' squires follow their lieges pounding ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at interrogation reports
Film Freak Central
Comprised of Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, John Cleese, Eric Idle, and Graham Chapman, the comedy troupe Monty Python had as their stock and trade the dialogue-dense, mildly absurdist short-form sketch. To that extent, Monty Python and the ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at Film Freak Central
Andrew Hicks (Andrew Hicks)
LowComDom Online Film Reviews
The legend of King Arthur takes a big left turn -- everything from how to tell a King from a commoner (A king hasn't got shit all over him) to learning the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow. (You have to know these things when you're king, you ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at LowComDom Online Film Reviews
DVD Times
After the massive success of their BBC television series, the Monty Python comedy team, consisting of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin made a film version of their sketch show entitled And Now For ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at DVD Times
DVDLard - DVD Review
I am sat here thinking, âHow can I possibly do a review of a Monty Python film and do it justiceâ. The answer is probably that I canât but Iâm going to give it my best shot, and so to quote the great film itself I shall âGET ON WITH IT!â. ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at DVDLard - DVD Review
DVD-Dweeb.Com (Oliver Korioth)
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How the directors' recce used up the ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at DVD-Dweeb.Com (Oliver Korioth)
Blogcritics - DVD review (Matt Paprocki)
Is there anything left that can be said about Monty Python and the Holy Grail that hasn't been said elsewhere? Even if your one of 20 or so people on this continent who have never actually sat down to see this laugh-riot of a movie, you still know it. ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at Blogcritics - DVD review (Matt Paprocki)
Teen Movie Critic (Roger Davidson)
The second film from the bad boys of Britain, this is the most well known of the group's movies. The story is a spoof on the King Arthur legend, and the famous quest for the sacred cup of Christ. The adventures of King Arthur and his motley band take ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at Teen Movie Critic (Roger Davidson)
DVD Town (Dean Winkelspecht)
If anybody would ever pose the question "What film do you consider to be the greatest cult film of all time?," I would have to answer that question with "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." There is just seems to be no escaping this film. Sure, "The Rocky ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at DVD Town (Dean Winkelspecht)
DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
It's fitting that the DVDs of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" and "Excalibur" were released almost simultaneously. They may be opposite sides of the same coin, but they show that the Arthur legend is still going strong. "The Holy Grail" was the ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
Teen Movie Critic (Vivian Rose)
DVDFanatic.com (Lisa Origlieri)
Less than two years since Criterion put out their Monty Python and the Holy Grail special edition, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment is releasing a two-disc Collectorâs Edition of the Python groupâs 1975 comedy. The discs themselves are absolutely ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at DVDFanatic.com (Lisa Origlieri)
Almost Fabulous Movie Reviews
I love this movie. It's brilliant, laugh-'til-you-cry funny, with classic lines and characters that you'll never forget. Watch it. ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at Almost Fabulous Movie Reviews
IndependentCritics.com (Jacob Hall)
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail" is the oddest, but funniest film ever made. In just under 90 minutes, it manages to include coconut carrying swallows, an insane limbless knight, a witch trial, lectures on proper forms of government, messages from God, ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at IndependentCritics.com (Jacob Hall)
BBC Films (Almar Haflidason)
PopMatters
Monty Python's Eric Idle was recently on Celebrity Jeopardy. In a goofy, almost surreal scene, Idle, who was losing quite steadfastly throughout the game, scored both the daily doubles in the second round of play and ended up handily beating opponents ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at PopMatters
CultureDose.net (Laurie Edwards)
digitallyOBSESSED.com (Dale Dobson)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail brought the television comedy troupe's unique sensibility to the big screen for the first time, adapting the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table to the Pythons' brand of intellectually astute silliness. ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at digitallyOBSESSED.com (Dale Dobson)
Palo Alto Online (Jeanne Aufmuth)
Making a perfect about-face from staid British respectability, group members Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin and Terry Jones virtually dismember the legend of King Arthur, creating an outlandish series of medieval ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at Palo Alto Online (Jeanne Aufmuth)
DVD MovieGuide
Important question of the day: is it possible to like Monty Python and the Holy Grail but not be a total geek? Man, I hope so, for I rather enjoyed the film. Granted, I wonât memorize its routines any time soon, but I felt it offered a witty and ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at DVD MovieGuide
DVD Town (Dean Winkelspecht)
One of my fondest memories of Basic Training for the United States Army Infantry was a performance put on by a few of my fellow grunts of the classic British comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I don´t remember his last name, but Christian became a ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at DVD Town (Dean Winkelspecht)
DVD MovieGuide
Important question of the day: is it possible to like Monty Python and the Holy Grail but not be a total geek? Man, I hope so, for I rather enjoyed the film. Granted, I wonât memorize its routines any time soon, but I felt it offered a witty and ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at DVD MovieGuide
Cinema Laser (Derek M. Germano)
MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL ($50) is the legendary British comedy troopâs irreverent and hilarious spin on King Arthur, The Knights of the Round Table and the quest for the Holy Grail. I remember seeing MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL for the first ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at Cinema Laser (Derek M. Germano)
Los Angeles Times (Kevin Thomas)
To see "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" 26 years after its original release is to appreciate it considerably more than the first time around--especially when an initial look proved to be a turnoff.
The inspired lunacy of the famed British ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kevin Thomas)
DVD Net (Anthony Horan)
Every once in a while, a motion picture comes along that takes the audience to a place theyâve never been before - a place of magic, of mystery. A place where the heart is torn between the beauty of the forest and the soft whispering allure of the ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at DVD Net (Anthony Horan)
Attack of the 50 Foot DVD!
Any further plot details would only A) spoil any surprises for anyone leaving their Bio-Dome and having never seen the movie; B) spiral us into a never-ending re-telling of all the lunatic digressions packed into this non-retelling of the Arthurian ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at Attack of the 50 Foot DVD!
The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
Geek touchstones are a dime a dozen, and my fellow geeky Xers are making 'em faster than we can consume 'em -- before you've even heard of All Your Base, someone has registered amiallyourbaseornot.com, has slapped up a Web site, and is getting 500,000 ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
Mutant Reviewers From Hell
It amazes me that after so many years and viewings, Monty Python and the Holy Grail remains as fresh and funny as ever. The sheer idiocy and ridiculousness that runs rampant through the film and its actors cannot be denied its fair share of humor value. ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at Mutant Reviewers From Hell
MediaScreen.com
By PAUL BRENNER
Columbia/Tristar Home Video has released a two-disc special edition of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," with the goony, loony British comic troupe -- John Cleese, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Terry ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at MediaScreen.com
The Spinning Image (Paul Shrimpton)
It's pretty strange writing a review for a movie that just about everyone has seen, and about which everyone has an opinion. We all know Python. We all grew up saying 'Ni!' out loud at each other, asking the question 'What have the Romans ever done for ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at The Spinning Image (Paul Shrimpton)
Parent Previews
Mixing animation, musical numbers and scenes of complete nonsense, the film's humor is frequently based on wildly inane situations and dialogue that includes bathroom-type jokes, rude name-calling, profanities and occasional slurs. Violent acts ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at Parent Previews
CinemaBlend.com (--)
Humor, Laughter, Jokes, concepts that elude many people today. People such as David Brennar, Chevy Chase, and the 1997 cast of Saturday Night Live. Creativity, originality, copyright laws, things that some people just don't understand. People like ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at CinemaBlend.com (--)
Apollo Guide (Ryan Cracknell)
While there are many films that are remembered and cherished by the masses, very few seep into the realm of pop culture quite like Monty Python and the Holy Grail has. More than 25 years after its original release, the film has a loyal cult following ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at Apollo Guide (Ryan Cracknell)
DVD Verdict (Nicholas Sylvain)
Though spelt "Monty Python," the Court's verdict on the film is pronounced "not guilty." Having been previously burnt at the stake for its heretical treatment of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Columbia TriStar is granted a posthumous pardon for this ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at DVD Verdict (Nicholas Sylvain)
DVD Journal
With some half-dozen editions released just in Region 1, a new DVD of Monty Python and the Holy Grail isn't exactly something completely different any longer. If you're a longtime fan, you're shouting "My brain hurts!" Gumby-style at the prospect of yet ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at DVD Journal
Edinburgh U Film Society (Matthew Bull)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail follows the epic adventure of King Arthur (Graham Chapman) and his Knights of the Round Table (they dance when eâer theyâre able). Unfortunately due to budget cuts all the horses have been replaced by servants and ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at Edinburgh U Film Society (Matthew Bull)
The Boston Phoenix
Monty Python: theyâve become an institution, an icon, an adjective. Children unborn when their show debuted on the BBC back in 1969 have had children who irritate their parents with their imitations of the Knights Who Say âNi!â They are one of the ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at The Boston Phoenix
Reel.com
They brought us the Spanish Inquisition when we were least expecting it, so it was certainly no surprise in 1975 when those wags behind Monty Python's Flying Circus reached even farther back into antiquity for their first truly theatrical effort, Monty ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at Reel.com
Philadelphia City Paper (Sam Adams)
Itâs difficult to be objective about this re-release of the 1975 comedy classic when I spent hours in high school rewinding my tape of the soundtrack so I could memorize the "Constitutional Peasant" routine. The facts are as follows: the re-release ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at Philadelphia City Paper (Sam Adams)
Rambles (Tom Knapp)
The late, great Graham Chapman (who died of throat cancer in 1989) is Arthur, and a mighty Arthur he is. In his only real battle in the film, he defeats the mighty Black Knight (John Cleese, in one of many roles) with ease, leaving his foe limbless in ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at Rambles (Tom Knapp)
Xi-online (Chris Hermsen)
Net nadat het laatste seizoen van Monty Python's Flying Circus op de BBC vertoond werd, ontstonden er scheuren in het inmiddels beroemde/beruchte zestal: Graham Chapman werd alcoholist, John Cleese wilde een solocarriere beginnen (wat hij later met ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at Xi-online (Chris Hermsen)
Apollo Movie Guide (Ryan Cracknell)
The lunatic Monty Python bunch go back in time to play out a wacky story of knights and medieval conflict in this 1970s comedy classic. ...read the complete Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie review at Apollo Movie Guide (Ryan Cracknell)
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by kenny on January 26, 2009 Layton, Utah
The seen with the rabbit and the holy hand grenade made me laugh so hard my stomach hurt for days and the tears were streaming down my face. The only flaw is the ending is stupid, but the rest is very funny and very quotable. "YOU STUPID ENGLISH ...
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