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88"No God and no religion can survive ridicule," wrote Mark Twain, but for once the sage of Hannibal was wrong.
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30Sluggish, repetitive, and strangely timorous, with little of the zap and imagination of the Pythons' television work.
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75Funny, in that peculiar British way where jokes are told sideways, with the obvious point and then the delayed zinger.
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80Brian's brilliant, saved itself by benefactor George Harrison, who ponied up the budget of 2 million pounds...simply because he loved the script when industry bigwigs turned characteristically chicken. Its overall irreverence proves a lasting balm for the ages. Thank you, Pythons, for setting such a high and enduring standard.
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100Astringently funny masterpiece.
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90The 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.
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75Blessed are the Pythons for making holy wit of the Holy Writ.
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91As far as a coherent, hilarious story line, as well as sheer blasphemous glee, you can't do much better than "Life of Brian."
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100It has been said that a Monty Python movie is only successful if it offends everyone in the audience at least once. By that measuring stick as well as nearly any other, The Life of Brian is an unqualified triumph. It makes us confront our foibles and laugh at them.
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70For all its scruffiness, the lurching strike-rate of its gags, and the unmistakable smell of amateur dramatics given off by its repertory of rotating players with their stick-on Ted Nugent beards, Life of Brian jitters with good will. [3 May 2004, p. 110]
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80While it may lack the sheer comic anarchy of their other work, Life of Brian may be probably the funniest collective efforts concocted by the British comedy troupe "Monty Python's Flying Circus," is their most sustained effort. (Review of Original Release)
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80Just as wacky and imaginative as their earlier film outings. (Review of Original Release)
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70Monty Python's Life of Brian, re-released on its 25th anniversary as an antidote to "The Passion of the Christ," is a single-joke satire of organized religion, including Hollywood's.
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80Given the current heightened tenor of religious rhetoric and paranoia, it may well wind up pushing brand-new buttons today. To quote Michael Palin quoting Jesus, "There's just no pleasing some people."
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My first film with the entire crew from Monty Python (their third feature-length film), whilst I count out Terry Gilliamâ