Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)

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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)

1983 | Comedy | Musical | Sci-Fi

109 mins

The stages of life are told through multiple sketches and songs by the British comedy troupe. The seven parts of life cover birth, growing up, war, middle age, organ transplants, old age and death. Not all stages are singular: "Part I: The Miracle of Birth" is from the perspective of an ignored woman in labor, and of a Roman Catholic couple with too many children, and "Part VII: Death" encompasses a funeral and heaven. Added are three unrelated skits placed in the beginning, middle and end.



Produced by Universal Pictures
Director Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam
Writer Terry Jones
Cast Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Carol Cleveland and Patricia Quinn

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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
1983 | Comedy, Musical, Sci-Fi
Story: The Meaning of Life is a series of different ideas of the meaning of life from point of views, we enter into different class, different religions and different careers. Each chapter connects to the previous which adds to the bigger point in the comedy behind just what is being poked fun at.

 

Thoughts on The Meaning of Life

 

Story – With this being a series of sketches it doesn’t make it difficult to talk about the story, we have so many different mini stories which are clearly put together to show the different stages of life, from birth to death as the search for the meaning of life is put together. Most of the sketches generally miss which end up feeling flat as they just don’t build up to the moment of comedy required, it has also ended up feeling very dated with the way it handles everything in a not so subtle manor.

Comedy – The comedy in this film is all about taste, if you are not a fan of the Monty Python team, you won’t enjoy the comedy through the film, bit like myself. If you are a fan you will get to laugh more.

Settings – The film takes us to multiply locations for each sketches, each will become clear for the message trying to be told.


Scene of the Movie – Catholic and Protestants

That Moment That Annoyed Me – Most of the comedy misses.

Final Thoughts – This is a sketch movie that tries to play through important moments in history and only feels too forced for anything to really be anything special.

 

Overall: Sketch show comedy.
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