Funny But Definitely Not For Everybody

Rating: 9/10 (4 November 2012)

Despite the movie's inherent over-the-top silliness (what else do you expect from Monty Python?), it still manages to convey the drab, dreary atmosphere of medieval Britain of a thousand years ago, with its mud ("How do you know that's the king?" "He doesn't have (manure) all over him!"), plagues, witch hunts, and occasional famines. It is indeed quite a shock when the modern world comes to interrupt everything in the end.
As for the story itself, it is meandering and uneven, but sometimes can be very funny. The Black Knight who still won't give up after losing all his limbs, Sir Robin the not-so-brave, the effeminate son of a tough lord, the three questions at the bridge, Castle Anthrax, and so on. A funny romp, but also gruesome and vulgar, so don't bring the kids.