merelyaninnuendo Monty Python's The Meaning Of LifeThe makers and the actors seems to be enjoying too much of themselves and is taking the audience for granted considering the fame and royalty earned by the predecessor, which never goes in favor no matter how amusing or intriguing concept is being pulled off. There are few bits in here where the writer takes it too far and pushes the audience to a darker path on its ridiculous failed attempts to crack a smile. The script is a bit overstretched since the material offered in here is wafer thin and lacks any sort of structure or lose thread to hold the audience. It is short on technical aspects like sound department, art design and editing. Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam; the directors, fails to create the anticipated impact and execute their vision or even offer the suitable environment and palpable tone to the feature. The actors have stayed true to their comic side of their personality and draws out laughs as much as possible with their humorous gestures and act. Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life is a meaningless experience for the audience as the enthusiasm seems to have worn off from the makers creating a hollow emptiness that can't be filled with any material.

l_rawjalaurence In some ways MONTY PYHTON'S THE MEANING OF LIFE has dated badly since its original release in 1983. Many of its attitudes, especially towards sex and gender, are needlessly sexist, reminiscent of the days when Benny Hill dominated British television screens with his plethora of half-clad ladies. One could argue that the Pythons are making fun of such attitudes, but when one sketch includes a scene of a male fugitive (Michael Palin) being pursued by a bevy of topless totties, we do begin to wonder about the film's stance.Structurally speaking THE MEANING OF LIFE is a mess, a ragbag collection of sketches stitched together under an umbrella title, rather like one of the Pythons' television shows. There is even less plot-line than LIFE OF BRIAN or MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL; what we soon realize is that the film is not going to explore the meaning of life, but rather provide a showcase for the Pythons' idiosyncratic brand of humor. Some of the sketches are just plain puerile, reflecting the writers' experiences of the British public school (read private in the US) system. As an educator, John Cleese makes love to his wife in front of a class of bored male learners; once the joke has been established, the sketch soon wears thin. The staff take on the learners at rugby and use the occasion as an excuse to beat the learners up: we are left thinking "so what?"On the other hand the Pythons manage to land some telling satirical blows. They satirize a Health Service more concerned with impressing administrators than looking after patients; and deflate the often archaic brand of muscular Christianity that prevails at many of Britain's educational institutions. The scene involving Mr. Creosote (Terry Jones) is strong meat for anyone, but reminds us of how our penchant for rich food often leads us to over-eat. In a culture apparently dedicated to the celebrity chef, the thrust of this sketch is more pertinent now than it was over three decades ago.For Python addicts there are familiar milestones such as Eric Idle- themed songs, directly aimed to replicate the success of "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" in LIFE OF BRIAN. Terry Gilliam's animations continue to fascinate for their sheer surrealistic inventiveness, while it is fun to see the late lamented Graham Chapman in a variety of roles. All in all there is something in this film for everyone -- provided you look hard enough.

mark.waltz From conception to birth, from death to eternity, life is explored through its many meanings. This series of vignettes attacks convention from the Catholic stance on birth control (which leads to a huge musical number straight out of "Oliver!"), the grotesque presence of an enormously fat man who can't hold down his dinner(s) in an elegant restaurant, the accidental poisoning of dinner guests at a country dinner party, and the entrance into heaven where every day is Christmas. These are for me the highlights, other segments on child birth and a man being executed having his choice of methods and choosing being chased by topless buxom women, not being so funny. It starts off with a prelude with tired bookkeepers taking over their office building and turning into pirates; Slightly amusing, but no classic.But when a pregnant woman drops her baby out simply while doing dishes and her husband tells their many children that they are being sold into slavery, the offbeat and deliciously bad taste begins with his breaking into "Every Sperm is Sacred", spoofing the big musical numbers in the 1968 Best Picture "Oliver!". "God looks down on those who treat their semen with more care" is one of the lyrics, and you know that the film is not going to be sensitive to those overrated politically correct standards. If you have a queasy stomach, you might want to turn away when the fat man enters the restaurant because this is not an easy sequence to take. You'll thank God that the film was not filmed in "Smell-o-Vision" in this sequence.Then there's the delightfully droll sequence of death visiting the country home of a dotty housewife who served her guests canned salmon moose resulting in all of their deaths including one guest who didn't EAT the salmon. This is one of those bits of comedy that when you watch it over and over, you'll start quoting the movie line for line. Their deaths are quick and painless and they head into heaven in their own automobiles where all the characters from the past (including those who didn't die in earlier sequences and were played by some of the same actors) greet them. It wraps up this well saturated cherry of a sweet little slap into the face of life very nicely, and even if on video, you find yourself fast-forwarding through some of the weaker segments, there will be enough to keep this in your cineramic comedy memory.

ma-cortes Delightful as well as hilarious film but plenty with profanities , nudism , sex , grossing humor and obscenity . This film being the last Monty Python explores the meaning and aim of life in a lot of sketches from conception , boyhood , adult world , war , to death when the group suffered from food poisoning , then Grim Reaper brings for the final stage of human life and beyond .Irreverent and often sidesplitting satire of religion , Catholicism , Protestantism , traditional family , God and many other things . Monty Phyton performs a series of sketches about the life cycle from birth , existence to death in this often uproariously funny , sometimes tedious , movie . According to Michael Palin , the picture ranges from philosophy to history to medicine to halibut . Here the comedy team takes a look at life in all its stages in their own uniquely silly way , as they satirize and humorize almost everyone . ¨The meaning of life¨ , originally called "Monty Python's Fish Film" will probably offend some catholics , including many political and social comments . As it has a mercilessly critique to Roman Catholic in a sketch when a couple has quite a lot of children because 'every sperm is sacred' (the kids who sang the song later said they had no idea what they were singing about) ; being unknown to the rest of the team until later, director Terry Jones spent most of the budget for the film on the dancing and singing sequences . The bizarre "Find The Fish" sketch was filmed in the main control hall of Battersea Power Station, London . It was supposed to represent the weird dreams that we all experience from time to time , Terry Gilliam later expressed his regret that this aspect wasn't given a little more explanation . The best part of the film results to be the beginning with a stand-alone 17-minute supporting feature entitled The Crimson Permanent Assurance stunningly directed by Terry Gilliam ; it was filmed as if it were a completely separate project , Gilliam got his own sound-stage, crew and cast . This segment continued to expand because, according to Gilliam, nobody told him to stop . Furthermore , special mention to the death sketch, where Arthur Jarrett , Graham Chapman , has chosen to die while pursued by naked girls . Six cast members played a lot of characters such as Graham Chapman , John Cleese , Terry Gilliam , Eric Idle , Terry Jones and Michael Palin . The talented cast also conceived and wrote all of the material . The characters they are seen playing last are as following: Graham Chapman as Tony Bennett, John Cleese as Death, Terry Gilliam as Howard Katzenberg, Eric Idle as Angela, Terry Jones as Mrs. Brown and Michael Palin as the Lady presenter . The last shot featuring all the Pythons together is when Death shows the six dead people 'Paradise' . You don't have to be British to enjoy the various political asides and lampoons . Lively Original Music by John Du Prez , including jolly final song sung by Eric Idle . Colorful as well as evocative Cinematography by Peter Hannan and Roger Pratt in segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance". The motion picture was well directed by Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam in animation and special sequence ; it won the Special Jury Grand prize at the Cannes film festival . While writing this film, the Python troupe decided to take a break and put on some shows at the famous Hollywood Bowl, which were filmed and released as Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982) . In 1965, filmmaker Terry Jones with his friend Michael Palin, made The Late Show (1966) for television, which was his first success and he wrote for many other TV shows . But Jones' greatest success was the zany Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969-74) (with Palin, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam and Eric Idle) and other hits such as Jabberwocky , The meaning of life , Monty Python and the Holy Grail and ¨Life of Brian¨ , this is the tale of of a man whose life parallels Jesus ; it results to be the most sustained and funniest film from Britain's bad boys that may prove offensive to some and a sheer delight to others .