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Name: Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Director: Terry Gilliam
Genre: adventure, comedy, fantasy
Released: 1975
Duration: 1 h 31 min
Rating: 8.2

Monty Python and the Holy Grail has an iRankMovies score of 85.9/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

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Release:1975

Runtime:1h 31m

Country:United Kingdom

Director:Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones

Language:English

Genre

AdventureComedyFantasy

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Keywords

Holy GrailSwordplayEnglandMonkWedding ReceptionScotland YardAnimal AttackCamelot

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb8.2/10· 600K votes

Rotten Tomatoes92%

Metacritic91%

TMDb7.8/10· 6K votes

With 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 8.2/10 on IMDb and 91/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Monty Python and the Holy Grail

King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot and Sir Galahad the Pure. On the way, Arthur battles the Black Knight who, despite having had all his limbs chopped off, insists he can still fight. They reach Camelot, but Arthur decides not to enter, as "it is a silly place".

Cast of Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Graham Chapman
as King Arthur / Voice of God / Middle Head / Hiccoughing Guard
John Cleese
as Second Swallow-Savvy Guard / The Black Knight / Peasant 3 / Sir Launcelot the Brave / Taunting French Guard / Tim the Enchanter
Eric Idle
as Dead Collector / Peasant 1 / Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir Launcelot / First Swamp Castle Guard / Concorde / Roger the Shrubber / Brother Maynard
Terry Gilliam
as Patsy / Green Knight / Old Man from Scene 24 (Bridgekeeper) / Sir Bors / Animator / Gorilla Hand
Terry Jones
as Dennis's Mother / Sir Bedevere / Left Head / Prince Herbert / Voice of Cartoon Scribe
Michael Palin
as First Swallow-Savvy Guard / Dennis / Peasant 2 / Right Head / Sir Galahad the Pure / Narrator / King of Swamp Castle / Brother Maynard's Brother / Leader of The Knights Who Say NI!
Connie Booth
as The Witch
Carol Cleveland
as Zoot / Dingo
Neil Innes
as First Monk / Singing Minstrel / Page Crushed by the Rabbit / Peasant #4
Bee Duffell
as Old Crone
John Young
as Dead Body / Historian Frank
Rita Davies
as Historian's Wife

Monty Python and the Holy Grail facts

Budget: $400K
Box office: $5.8M

Our take on Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Monty Python's 1975 anarchic comedy sends King Arthur and his hapless knights on an absurdist quest for the Grail, skewering medieval legend with killer rabbits, coconuts and surreal non-sequiturs. Endlessly quotable and gloriously silly, it's a comedy landmark. If its absurd wit delighted you, seek out anarchic and surreal comedies that gleefully demolish their own genre.

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Gilliam and Jones construct anarchic comedy that deconstructs Arthurian legend with absurdist wit
•Breaking fourth wall commentary undercuts medieval adventure tropes with contemporary irreverence
•Camelot sequences deliver pure comedy through commitment to ridiculous premises and logic

What the audience disliked

•Anarchic style feels inconsistent and occasionally unfocused in comedic intention and impact
•Medieval setting sometimes obscures comedy beneath period details and obscure British references