Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

1983 · 107 min · EN · R · 7.3 (2,197 votes)
Dir. Terry Jones · Starring Terry Gilliam, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin · Music John Du Prez

“It took God six days to create the heavens and the earth...and Monty Python ninety minutes to screw it up.”

Comedy

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.

VIBE

Dive into a riotous, no-holds-barred exploration of existence, delivered through a barrage of surreal sketches and anarchic humor. It's a wildly irreverent, darkly comedic journey that constantly breaks the fourth wall, leaving you questioning everything with a laugh. Expect a frenetic, thought-provoking, and utterly unique experience.

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