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- 1983
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 47 m
- 1983
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 47 m
Summary The comedy team takes a look at life in all of its stages in their own uniquely silly way.
Directed By: Terry Jones
- 1983
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 47 m
- 1983
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 47 m
The Meaning of Life
72
7.8
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Summary The comedy team takes a look at life in all of its stages in their own uniquely silly way.
Directed By: Terry Jones
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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73% Positive
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27% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
72
73% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
27% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Life is Python at its most relentlessly tasteless and uncompromisingly Swiftian.
The Meaning Of Life is unsparing and elaborate in its vision of humanity at its foulest.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 25 User Ratings
7.8
80% Positive
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16% Mixed
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4% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 25 User Ratings
7.8
80% Positive
20 Ratings
20 Ratings
16% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
4% Negative
1 Rating
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Another great Monty Python movie. Like the title suggests it is a satire / comedy about life. From birth to death nothing will be spared from black humor. Be it religion, work, sex, war, eating and more. The only question for you is if you like the Monty Python style of humor. If yes then this is an awesome and entertaining movie. The humor works so well that I can only praise the movie. They master satire, parody, exaggeration and nonsense humor. It is such a pleasure to watch. Also like any good comedy and/or satire it gives a bit to think about. The Monty Python team consisting of Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, John Cleese and Michael Palin was just awesome at their time and I wished they made more movies. Overall I think this is a must see for Monty Python fans and maybe even others. It has a lot of clever observations, satire and black humor.
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Gross, silly, caustic, tasteless and obnoxious are all adjectives that alternately apply to Monty Python's The Meaning of Life though probably the most appropriate description would simply be funny.
A movie that seems consumed with a desire to push us too far. This movie is so far beyond good taste, and so cheerfully beyond, that we almost feel we're being One-Upped if we allow ourselves to be offended.
Many of the sketches show the Pythons' deranged, offbeat humor at its best, but the film begins to pale long before the end and relies on some revolting bits such as a "live" organ transplant and the spectacular (and graphic) explosion of an obese glutton.
Excessive and self-indulgent it's true but still the Pythons at their worst are still worth a look.
t's kind of hard to review this movie because it's amazingly funny and especially fun out of this world and it has one of the best short films. I've ever seen in the beginning of the movie the only problem with the movie is that I am reviewing a f** comedy. So what am I supposed to say you're like it if you like it and if you don't like it, then don't watch **** the special effects out of this world and the body suits and a creativity and musical numbers are so fun. I keep on getting it stuck in my head .But what really steals the show for me is the beginning 15 minutes. Some of the best shorts movie I've seen in my life about the old people taking the means of production to back in their hands and fogging over the big **** doesn't feel dated at all. I think at least the comedy feels timeless mostly because it's observed humor that is sill observe today.
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The third and final Monty Python film was this one. They clearly weren't going to leave peacefully, as evidenced by the abundance of "offensive?" sketches in this film. Although I personally found nothing objectionable in the movie, religious and closed-minded folks were slightly offended. (Such a disgrace.) Making people laugh is what comedians are meant to do, and Python were always doing it. In my opinion, they were successful. It is obvious that the majority of renowned American reviewers simply did not get this. They were perplexed by the topic of the majority of the sketches, which is really unexpected considering how straightforward and unnecessary they all were. The Python team's departure from us was appropriate and right.
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The Meaning of Life is not for everyone. It is very tasteless, but it is often brilliant too. The film is uneven of course but it is very funny. It looks good, the direction is solid and the dialogue and gags are witty, unique and inspired. The acting and comic timing from Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Michael Palin and Terry Jones is impeccable too. And there are some genuinely funny moments such as the sequence in which a financial institution is boarded by swashbuckling pirates and Every Sperm is Sacred. However, some of the middle half borders on the dull side, while the war parody is overlong and the sequence in which a glutton explosively overeats is incredibly grotesque(one word of advice: don't watch this sequence while eating). Overall though, it is funny and clever. 7/10 Bethany Cox
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6.5/10
The Monty Python's is trying to use the same style that they use in their Masterpiece debut first original film The Holy Grail, when they all just breaking the rules, The Meaning Of Life is indeed breaking the rules with the differences they all different sketch with one point, which is The Meaning Of Life, now the problem is unfortunately it mostly didn't work for me, even already in the first 15 minutes of The Crimson Permanent Assurance, i did not care on that sketch at all, there is still some "Parts" as they say that are works fine, i like all the song sequence, i enjoy it, i laugh, and i like it, but mostly it don't and they seems try too hard on those sketch, sometimes it takes too long, and sometimes it just unfunny, so overall The Meaning Of Life is still a recommendation for just the people who are want to follow everything, but for people who want some entertainment, i'm just gonna recommend you to watch The Holy Grail and Life Of Brian and just forget about this one.
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Awards
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
BAFTA Awards
• 1 Nomination
