Monty Python goes biblical

Rating: 9/10 (7 February 2010)

Life Of Brian is the second Monty Python film(well third if you count "and now for something completely different", but that was not really a movie, just the best skits from the show, remade).Unlike Holy Grail, which took us to the medieval times, Life Of Brian brings us to the year 33 AD, during the time of Jesus and the Romans.Brian is a young man living with his mother in those times.He falls in love with a young Jewish revolutionary, joins her and her friends in trying to bring down the Romans.He gets caught by the Romans and tries to escape.One thing leads to another, and a group of people confuse Brian to be the messiah.Life Of Brian caused controversy when first released.People thought it was blasphemous, when it was actually just a satire on organized religion.It is nowhere near as blasphemous as say some of the jokes in "South Park" or "Family Guy".This is also Monty Python's first R-rated film.The jokes are not any more raunchy(they save those for their later film "The Meaning Of Life"), but there is male and female frontal nudity and the f-word is uttered a few times.It's probably one of the tamest R-rated films out there.Life Of Brian is just as good, if not a tad bit better than Holy Grail.It is a hilarious spoof of organized religion & false prophets and is definitely worth a watch.