5/5 It's the little things that make this movie, but what are they?
  by Nancy H. Rathke (Madison, WI United States)
We fans can rave endlessly about the geniuses behind "Life of Brian", but (like most good humor) it is pointless to try to define where that genius lies. Think of the scene with Pontius Pilate: it was probably funny on paper and even in rehearsal, but it will live as a great comic scene because of Michael Palin's superb delivery. Not just his lisp, but his facial expressions as he tries new phrases and watches for the audience reaction. Is this expert direction? Is it intuitively Palin's doing, because of his experience in sketch humor? Did it evolve, like Topsy, from the critical mass of comedy talent involved?

Another thing that puzzles me as I watched the documentary about the shows, the people, and the movies: I can remember seeing the shows for the first time and feeling threatened by the humor. Were they attacking me? And values I held? I couldn't relax and go along with the joke until about the third time through, when my kids were roaring at the zaniness. So: did I change or did my sense of humor adapt to something I knew was acceptedly funny despite being profane and bawdy and just plain silly?

And who cares, really?

5/5 One of the funniest movies ever
  by Bill Pennock (West Sacramento, CA USA)
You have to not take it too seriously, especially if you are an easily offended christian. It is about a regular guy who get's mistaken for the Messiah. There are so many great parodies of some of the dumb things that people do, like breaking into the sect of the gourd or the shoe and fighting about it. Love this movie. Always remember, "Look on the bright side of life..."


2/5 meh, this seems like its more hype than anything.
  by J. Chan (California)
I would have to say I love Monty Python, but this has be the least funny of the 3 movies. Wheres the wit? Wheres the exaggeration? wheres the low blows? the movie feels like a bad episode of Family Guy where the tired out the jokes are repeated. The characters were not believable either. what happen to the social commentary? while it does poke at religion, the jokes seem more stereotypical than smart (wheres the history lesson?). Was the joke about the nose poking at the Jews or was it just a bit they stuck in? It seems like they got all the right elements for a super funny movie, but they decided not to refine it. Maybe the movie was just still too PC and not offensive enough to be funny.

5/5 Hey!
  by Lydia Gaytan
C'mon! It's Python!

Added bonus: this is the one that REALLY irked the zealots.

5/5 a high def review
  by Paul Mickelson
yes its a great movie we all know that,what is lacking is a translation to high def;and i was thrilled, in other words the picture was crystal clear as if it was a recent movie and the sound levaling was spot on forget about the movie the point is,is it worth the purchase evan if you have a vhs or dvd copy of it,and of course the answer is yes!