It’s a pleasure to finally review a comedy film that’s actually funny. I don’t want to come off as somebody’s dad, but they just don’t make movies like this anymore. You know, with a great script, beautiful cinematography and actors over seventeen. The entire original Python crew is on board, not like a lot of the later Three Stooges works where we were subjected to substitutions of the original Curly with Shemp or god forbid, Curly Joe Derita. If you haven’t seen this film since it’s original release, try seeing it straight, it’s even funnier. And it’s in focus this time. My how they have improved projection in the last twenty years. Not to mention innovations like stadium seating, cup holders and the twelve dollar Coke. This comedy is perfect for the whole family. The Manson Family. In fact, you’ll witness more severed limbs than in Gladiator. We are also showered in this epic with what is today called limited animation, unlike the flowing, fluid Disney crap we’re used to. In fact, this animation is as limited as Mandy Moore’s vocal range. But it’s damn hysterical, and original as the colonel’s recipe. Go see this film. Take it from me, a real live critic with blood running through his veins, a beating heart, and a slightly paunchy mid section. Not some publicity department creation that never existed or paid taxes. This is the feel good hit of the twelfth century!

Reviewed by Neil Leiberman
6/23/2001

Trailer Available Here