The cleverest of the Monty Python films

Rating: 10/10 (2 October 2000)

Like many I find the Monty Python humour at the extreme end of hit-and-miss. I was disappointed with "The Meaning of Life" and although "The Holy Grail" had some fantastically funny scenes, there was too much of their traditional silliness to keep me laughing all the way through. "Life of Brian" is my favourite comedy film. The humour is sarcastic, daring and consistent pretty much until the end. There are very few films that can be watched repeatedly and still make you laugh out loud but this is one of them. I'm disappointed more of my friends here (America) haven't seen it. I guess it's my job to spread the gospel, so to speak.