Review of "Monty Python's Life of Brian"

Monty Python's Life of Brian

Comedy

Monty Python's most underrated laughfest.

A true classic -- this one always gets left behind in the wake of Holy Grail, but I think this one is way funnier.

I thought the first bit of this movie was great, until I got to a certain scene involving a man and not involving a fig leaf... it startled me and i stopped the movie (can you tell this was quite a few years ago? :) ) Anyway, haven't taken the time to rewatch it, but the first bit was great!

They were sacreligious when sacrelige wasn't cool. :-)

I don't know how to intelligently encapsulate this film, so I'll just say it's my favorite of the Python films and regale you with random quotes from it:

"lead by a star? lead by a bottle, more like it!"

"alms for an ex leper?"

"where's the fetus gonna gestate? in a box?"

"rewease bwian!"

"yes, we are all individuals!"

"i'm brian! and so is my wife!"

Mmm...sacrilicious. If you haven't already seen this -- or any of the Python films -- get the to a video store immediately.

On of their funniest (and most linear) works. The movie follows Brian (Graham), a reluctant messiah figure who's life parallels Jesus'. Great locations, lot's of funny bits, and more entertaining than the new testament.

Monty Python did something interestingly blastphamist: They did a movie that Parodied the life of Jesus. Interestingly enough, it really wasn't blastphamous, and it was quite funny!