Life of Brian (1979)

Genre

Comedy

Director

Terry Jones

Country

UK

Cast

Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Kenneth Colley, Neil Innes, Gwen Taylor, Terence Bayler, Carol Cleveland, Charles McKeown, Chris Langham, Sue Jones-Davies, John Young, Bernard McKenna, Spike Milligan, George Harrison

Plot

Monty Pythons tells the story of Brian from Nazareth (Graham Chapman), an unwilling prophet who wants to free his land from the oppression of Rome.

Opinion

Life of Brian is not just an incredible satire of Christian religion and Hollywood's epic films, or an extremely funny film, but pure gold. It's amazing how this 36-year-old film doesn't feel aged at all. I laughed at it most of the time - although it slows down a bit in the second part - and, at one particular moment - when Pontius Pilate speaks of his friend Biggus Dickus - I laughed so hard, tears ran down my leg.
The direction is good; the costumes are good; the acting is great, and Graham Chapman's performance is the one who stands out.


Quotes

Pontius Pilate: Wait until Biggus Dickus hears of this!

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6 comments :

  1. Dell5 April 2015 at 17:28

    This era of Monty Python is great. Perfectly subversive choice for Easter, too.

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    1. Sonia Cerca6 April 2015 at 12:27

      And it is way better than the other Easter film I've reviewed

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  2. Unknown5 April 2015 at 19:21

    Simply hilarious!

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    1. Sonia Cerca6 April 2015 at 12:28

      It's hard to find such hilarious films nowadays

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  3. Jordan Dodd5 April 2015 at 22:17

    I haven't seen a single Monty Python movie. Shame. Not only that, but Terry Gilliam is one of my favourite directors! ha now I really do feel a fool, I'll have to go rent me out one of these classics. Its about time I did!

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    1. Sonia Cerca6 April 2015 at 12:30

      I've seen this one only, but I'm planning on watching the others as well. Thanks for reading!

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