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Life of Brian
2018
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3.8
Perhaps you dont find Monty Python funny; the troupes peculiarly British brand of humor is sometimes impenetrable to Americans.But is it blasphemous
Rogerebert
1.5
Python successfully lampoon religious attitudes rather than religion itself.
Time Out
5.0
There are tremendously funny set pieces and brilliant visual moments.
The Guardian
5.0
And its in these sequences that Life of Brian isnt just ridiculous but sublime.
5.0
The Festival Alarm bells ring early in The Festival.It seems to take an age to reach the .. The Eyes Of Orson Welles Scottish director Mark Cousins is ..
5.0
As always, the Pythons mix smart, insightful humor with pithy dialogue and outrageous silliness.
ReelViews
1.5
Ive always considered it the groups nadir; it seems toothlessly silly.
Chicago Reader
4.4
Life of Brian isnt about Jesus, of course, but Brian Cohen (the late Graham Chapman), the nice Jewish boy born next door to the famous manger.
Boston
4.5
In fact, the Python film may well be one of the better movies ever made on the topic of religion and religious belief.
Mountain X
4.5
Jesus is still a crazy desert roamer here, but hes a far more compelling one than Gibsons: Hes an actual character, flawed and intriguing and contradi ..
4.5
Monty Pythons comedy and narratives are about as unique and polarizing as ever (Aliens actually save Brian during a space war
Cinema Crazed
4.5
Life Of Brian manages to go beyond mere satire and silliness and tell a story that has power of its own.
Eye For Film
5.0
A beautiful film, a perfect comedy, and a gentle triumph of silliness over pomposity, self importance, and intolerance Life of Brian could be the best ..
Bbc
5.0
A look at the Laugh Factorys Comedy Camp, which for more than 30 years has offered a place for at risk kids and otherwise to try their hand at stand u ..
Calendar Live
3.5
Yet everything makes sense in its way.By jazzing up Biblical times with 1979 idioms and attitudes, and delivering everything with a good sense of elbo ..
Hollywood Reporter
3.8
They dont have much in common, but theyre linked quite nicely by Monty Pythons The Life of Brian, a cheeky, irreverent parallel to the life of Jesus b ..
Movie Habit
3.8
Look, the real wonder of WW84 is that this maybe isnt the worst thing about it.
Film Freak Central
4.5
As far as a coherent, hilarious story line, as well as sheer blasphemous glee, you cant do much better than Life of Brian.
Oregon Live
5.0
This movie contains some of the funniest scenes in any Python film.
Three Movie Buffs
1.0
Thu Hong Nguyen was sentenced Friday to 74 years in prison for murder and arson in the 2015 fire on Independence Boulevard that killed Kansas City fir ..
Kansas City
3.0
I dont think even the Python fellows thought they could fake that.
The Filmy Ap
4.4
The Pythons take satirical aim at the dangers of blind religious fervor which makes Brian... the perfect complement to Gibsons blood soaked film.
Sltrib
4.5
If you love comedy and havent yet experienced a Monty Python movie, youre missing out.
TheMovieChicks.com
0.5
It looked back 2000 years for its comic content, but was a decade ahead in provoking Christian controversy. Yet how much hotter would the steaming Pil ..
Vue Weekly
5.0
If it werent for the meticulous filmmaking on display here, one might be tempted to dismiss the entire enterprise as overly simplistic.But there are d ..
Kc Active
3.0
spoofs human nature more than anything, notably the gullibility of people who behave as sheep and follow others blindly
Old School Reviews
5.0
This is another example of what I say when I mean the cheap jokes it isnt an insult, Im only referring to the easier, less thoughtful jokes.
Father Son Holy Gore
4.5
The Life of Brian dabbles in that in the typically irreverent Python style but its target largely lies elsewhere.It very clearly and carefully separat ..
Cinema Stache
5.0
Photo courtesy San Diego Symphony I was accepted in France for the talents I had.
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