The Pythons In Pursuit of the Holy Grail

Rating: Null/10 (22 January 2013)

The first Monty Python movie and what a delight it is. Filmed in Scotland, offering us a glimpse of the beautiful landscape, 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' sort of takes one back to the time when King Arthur reigned. It works on various levels of comedy. The humour is a mixture of everything from slapstick and silliness to satirical and macabre but it all fits together. There are even a couple of songs which had me laughing out loud. The inventive and hilarious animation sequences are a nice little touch. The intention, obviously, was to keep the viewer laughing for 91 minutes. It certainly worked for me, right from the opening credits to the closing. The Pythons: Graham Chapman; Terry Gilliam; John Cleese; Eric Idle; Terry Jones and Michael Palin work together terrifically providing us with some of the funniest moments in film. Clearly they're having a blast. No wonder they're worked so often together and achieved great success. Needless to say, this is easily one of the funniest films.