The Python Team had gotten a bit lazy by this point. The drive and ambition wasn't as strong as in their previous films, and Terry Gilliam admitted the script needed another draft to unify it better. As a result this is a retrograde step, harking back to the legendary t.v. show but also suffering from the occasional same duff sketch or two that the show often did.
Saying that, when this movie is on the money it's brilliant. Birth, Fighting Each Other, Death (But I didn't eat the salmon mousse!) are Python classics, and Terry Jones and John Cleese share honours in the legendary 'Mr Creosote' sketch. No one can accuse the film of being subtle that's for sure, in the actual sketches; but the subject matter, the meaning of life itself, is handled extremely cleverly.
The musical numbers in this one are magnificent, from Every Sperm is Sacred to the Galaxy Song, It's Christmas in Heaven and that er, other Eric Idle number. Just utterly wonderful.
It's just a shame that Python largely ended here. They had more to give us on this evidence.
Saying that, when this movie is on the money it's brilliant. Birth, Fighting Each Other, Death (But I didn't eat the salmon mousse!) are Python classics, and Terry Jones and John Cleese share honours in the legendary 'Mr Creosote' sketch. No one can accuse the film of being subtle that's for sure, in the actual sketches; but the subject matter, the meaning of life itself, is handled extremely cleverly.
The musical numbers in this one are magnificent, from Every Sperm is Sacred to the Galaxy Song, It's Christmas in Heaven and that er, other Eric Idle number. Just utterly wonderful.
It's just a shame that Python largely ended here. They had more to give us on this evidence.