A tour de force

Rating: 10/10 (17 February 2004)

A work of pure genius, this parody of the life of a humble carpenter's son, one Jesus Christ, was so controversial in its day that it was widely banned, resulting in some lovely publicity for what is a very tongue-in-cheek look at how messiahs are discovered rather than born. Making the occasional serious point (honest!) 'those wacky Monty Python boys' produce a superbly crafted story of one reluctant messiah, thrown into a whirligig of revolutionary activity and Roman persecution. The verbal and visual humour is fast and furious. Heartily recommended.