It's Not a Movie That's Great! It's a Great Movie!!

Rating: 10/10 (18 February 2020)

I watched this movie for the first time in at least 30 years and wondered if it still holds up. It does!! The hilarious gags keep coming at such a rapid clip that even the ones that don't work well area quickly run over by those that do. For all the controversy about it's alleged offensiveness to Christians, RELAX! The troupe is really just having some harmless fun with organized, monotheistic religion of all sorts. However, they have even MORE fun with the radical left, and THOSE jokes are even more relevant than ever. The classic exchange in which Eric Idle's character demands the right to not only become a woman but to have babies ("you're oppressing me") - a joke at the time - has become a case of life imitating art.
To say this movie is not to be taken seriously is an understatement. The good-natured irreverence and silliness still gets big laughs. But remember, they're NOT the Judean People's Front, they're the People's Front of Judea!!