hilarious! brilliant!

Rating: Null/10 (8 August 2003)

Those who don't think it's funny usually are missing the point(s). Monty Python, like most Brit comedy, were usually fairly intellectual in their ridicule ... and if you can grasp the spoofs of historical (and even present day) references, you will never tire of it. They were always ahead of their time, and by the way, this is not a religious spoof, but rather it's more of a political spoof. Note to readers: I will give an example of an incisive comedic part of the movie . Their skewering in the movie, of all the Jewish "guerilla" groups, parallels, the very same type of groups today, who happen to be Arabic/Palestinian. The movie is very funny, yet can be thought provoking as well. Generally, I find British comedy to be droll at times, but it rarely degenerates to gutter humour laced with crudities and profanities the way a lot of modern North American comedy tends to. I find that this movie highlights the clumsy, sheepish, nature of humans who may have the best intentions but mess things up royally.