Story Line
Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. Then there's the National Health doctors who try to claim a healthy liver from a still-living donor. The world's most voracious glutton brings the art of vomiting to new heights before his spectacular demise.
“It took God six days to create the heavens and the earth...and Monty Python ninety minutes to screw it up.”
Top Cast
Terry Gilliam
Various Roles
Graham Chapman
Various Roles
John Cleese
Various Roles
Eric Idle
Various Roles
Terry Jones
Various Roles
Michael Palin
Various Roles
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Rating
7.3/ 10
Release Date
1983-03-31
Runtime
1h 47m
Genres
Comedy
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User Reviews (4)
Gimly
6/10
•4/12/2019Doesn't hold up as well as some of Monty Python's other work, but there's enough classic moments in here to make it worthwhile watching.
_Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go._
Filipe Manuel Neto
4/10
•5/8/2023**I expected much more: this film is a shadow of what it should have been.**
I think it's redundant to say what everyone already knows: the Monty Python represents the pinnacle of British humor, and if each of those comedians is excellent alone, s...
CinemaSerf
6/10
•2/25/2025Well, I suppose if anyone was ever going to be able to get to grips with the meaning of life, it was going to be the “Monty Python” lads but for me their brand of comedy never really worked. This starts with it’s equivalent of a B-reel: a bunch of ge...
misubisu
10/10
•11/5/2025## **Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983) Review: A Glorious, Unflinching 10/10 Finale**
If *Holy Grail* was a medieval romp and *Life of Brian* a pointed satire, then *The Meaning of Life* is Monty Python's grand, chaotic, and philosophicall...