Of course they brought forth juniper berries, they are juniper bushes

Rating: 9/10 (10 May 2005)

WARNING: Never watch a Monty Python movie with a Monty Python fan, they will be able to say all the jokes in funny voices to your annoyances.
While filming The Holy Grail, the Monty Python people started a joke that their next film would be Jesus: Lust for Glory. After a while they actually thought this would be a good idea (though not necessarily under that title).
But when they sat down to write the movie they found they could think of nothing funny to say about Jesus (who surely was a very funny guy and told lots of really fun stories, such as the joke about the good Samaritan...and yes that was a joke...but Christians don't get it).
So they began to look at what was funny about this time period and the issues of religion. Hence was created the Life of Brian, an ordinary person who who gets mistaken for the Messiah.
Covering the important issues, such as religion, politics, sex and Latin Grammar this movie still has the ability to make people laugh. This time period and the life of Jesus has become so mythologized that the reality would be unrecognizable.
My personal view is that Life of Brian is the only Monthy Python movie, because it actually has a plot and story structure. It takes Monty Python humour to a new level.