Log in / Sign up
 
    Share this page

    Monty Python's the Meaning of Life

    Poster of the movie Monty Python's the Meaning of Life
    1983     Musical fantasy comedy    
    United Kingdom
    1h 47min
    R
    13+
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.
    R
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.
    PG
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.
    18A
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.
    18A
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.
    18A
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.
    18A
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.

    The Meaning of Life is without a doubt the most tasteless of the Monty Python feature films; it also happens to be one of the funniest. Life's questions are "answered" in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a pre-credits sequence at a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. One of our favorite bits involve the National Health doctors who try to claim a healthy liver from a still-living donor, pointing out that there's nothing in his contract preventing this. And of course, there's the scene with the world's most voracious glutton, who brings the art of vomiting to new heights before his spectacular demise.

    Directed byTerry Jones, Terry Gilliam
    Written byJohn Cleese, Graham Chapman
    CompanyUniversal PicturesUniversal PicturesUniversal Pictures

    Starring

    Graham Chapman
    John Cleese
    Terry Gilliam
    Eric Idle
    Michael Palin
    Patricia Quinn
    Jane Leeves
    Matt Frewer
    + MORE

    © Universal PicturesUniversal PicturesUniversal Pictures