Life of BrianDirector: Terry Jones
Starring: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin
It's always a welcome change of pace to pop a Monty Python movie into my DVD player. We don't have many of them, for now at least.
And this one has always been a fan favorite. It's no Grail, which is coming up in the M's, but the whole ordinary guy caught up in extraordinary circumstances in the time of Jesus is pretty clever. From the misinformed magi who praise Brian at birth to the Latin grammar-correcting centurion, the off-beat comedy of the Monty Python troupe is very much alive and well here. It's a great testament to their versatility as well, with most of the actors picking up several roles throughout, sprinkling quotable one-liners here and there.
Granted, this has to be your kind of humor to appreciate it. But I love a good skit by these guys, so a whole movie is fantastic.
