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Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

1975
PG
91 min
Adventure Comedy Fantasy

Plot Summary

History is turned on its comic head when, in tenth-century England, King Arthur travels the countryside to find knights who will join him at the Round Table in Camelot. Gathering up the men is a tale in itself but after a bit of a party at Camelot, many decide to leave only to be stopped by God, who sends them on a quest: to find the Holy Grail. After a series of individual adventures, the knights are reunited but must face a wizard named Tim the Enchanter, killer rabbits and lessons in the use of holy hand grenades. Their quest comes to an end however when the Police intervene - just what you would expect in a Monty Python movie.

8.2
IMDb Rating
92%
Rotten Tomatoes
91
Metacritic
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Ratings & Reviews

8.2
IMDb Rating
92%
Rotten Tomatoes
91
Metacritic

Technical Details

91 min
Runtime
18 Jul 1975
Release Date
PG
Content Rating
Movie
Content Type
1975
Year
Genres
Adventure Comedy Fantasy

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User Reviews

Filipe Manuel Neto

Filipe Manuel Neto

10.0/10
Recent

**One of the pinnacles of British humor.** This was my first contact with Monty Python, which I already knew famously, and I loved the movie. It is quite simply one of the high points of British humor. The film is easy enough to understand, parodying the Arthurian legends surrounding the quest for the Grail, but the story is just a pretext for successive jokes, each one better than the last. I don't know the group of comedians very well, but I do know a number of great British comedy actor...

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

6.0/10
Recent

Fortunately for me this was a rather short visit to the surreal land of Monty Python, and though it does have it's moments, I was really quite unimpressed by their Arthurian antics. We start with Graham Chapman's King Arthur gadding about England tying to recruit some suitably worthy individuals to sit at his round table. Task complete, he gets a sign from God that they must undertake the most holy of quests - and find the Cup of Christ. It now falls to the other three - Cleese, Idle and Gilliam...

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drystyx

drystyx

10.0/10
Recent

Seriously, you could die laughing from this film. I remember the first time I watched this film, back in antenna days on the educational UHF station that was all fuzz, and even then I thought I would die laughing. The story of King Arthur always did beg for such a satire. The bits are almost all memorable. I durst not mention even one, because I would be tempted to mention a hundred more scenes and a thousand more lines. This is very slapstick. I never thought I would laugh at cruelty, but w...

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