"Holy Grail" Part Two-- Another Python Triumph!

Rating: 10/10 (17 March 2007)

Monty Python's ridiculously offensive "Life of Brian" ranks definitely as one of the ten best comedies ever made. It's a good life for them, with their "Holy Grail" occupying another of those spots. In reality, if you're easily offended-- well, who are you kidding? You shouldn't be watching Monty Python anyway! But Graham Chapman and the gang-- particularly Terry Jones and John Cleese, as well as Chapman-- turn in what is perhaps their best work of all time (including non-Python fare), delivering cutting satire, piercing wit, and outta-here sight gags that would make any slapstick aficionado cry tears of joy. Perhaps the funniest and most under-appreciated bit of all in this film is Michael Palin's magnificent "Crucifixion Line": "line on the left, one cross each, thank you." One line like "No one stones anyone till I blow this whistle" and even the Killer Rabbit seems dated.