Alicia I love this movie so much

SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

Reptileenbu Did you people see the same film I saw?

Limerculer A waste of 90 minutes of my life

grantss A compilation of the best skits from Seasons 1 and 2 of Monty Python's Flying Circus - a "greatest hits" of sorts.Monty Python's Flying Circus was a brilliant, innovative comedy series, possibly the greatest comedy series of all time. It was certainly the most influential, iconic and quoted.They didn't hit top gear immediately though. Season 1 was great, but not their best. Still experimenting and finding their feet, it had some great sketches, but nothing as iconic as what was to come.Season 2 was where they really hit their straps. Most of their well-known sketches are from Season 2: Piranha Brothers, Ministry of Silly Walks, The Bruces, Spam, The Spanish Inquisition, Scott of the Antarctic.This movie captures these moments well.

Eric Stevenson This was the first of many Monty Python feature length films made and it's as hilarious as you would expect. I will admit that I don't like it how it's just reusing sketches from the show. Even better movies like "The Meaning Of Life" used all new material and worked better. The funny thing is that I haven't seen that many episodes of Monty Python. There are just so many online clips I've seen. There's actually a funny story behind that.The creators of Monty Python were aware that people were putting their sketches on YouTube and tried an experiment. They decided that for awhile, they would allow people to post sketches and see if it would hurt their DVD sales. The sales actually went up and you can see them on YouTube! My favorite year would probably be the self defense against fruit. The show still did it better, though. Hard to not like anything with these guys. ***1/2

Prismark10 If you want an introduction to the surreal Monty Python humour of their early years then this film is a good introduction with sketches and animation from the first two BBC series.Some of the sketches do look slightly different as they were filmed and of course they are slicker.I think in the movie you can better appreciate Terry Gilliam's cartoons. You also have the classic sketches and links such as The accountant wanting to be a lion tamer, Blackmail, Dead parrot sketch, Lumberjack song, Upper class twit of the year, Hells grannies, The amorous marriage guidance counsellor.If you do not like this you will face the Spanish Inquisition, which is not here.

l_rawjalaurence To criticize AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT on the grounds of obsolescence would seem an heretical thing to do. Monty Python had such a profound influence on the development of British comedy in the late Sixties and Seventies that their place in history is perpetually assured. And yet looking at the film nearly forty-five years later, it has to be said that much of the humor is puerile, the kind of thing that might be expected in a student production performed at the end of the spring semester. Some of the sketches go on far too long, while the more surreal moments - such as the opening sequence, involving a series of people trying not to be seen and getting blown up - are highly reminiscent of THE GOON SHOW, the groundbreaking radio program of the Fifties that provide much of Python's antecedents.Nonetheless, for those that grew up with Python on television, film and the theater (as well as those fortunate enough to attend their series of concerts last year), AND NOW ... contains several immortal moments, such as the Parrot sketch, the upper-class twit of the year and the Lumberjack song. It's also interesting to reflect on what happened to the performers: Michael Palin, the singer in the last-named of these sketches, would eventually go on to become an established television documentary presenter and all-round celebrity appearing on innumerable tribute programs; while John Cleese would end up carving out a career as a film actor and (latterly) an autobiographer.Some of the sketches could now be considered both sexist and racist; there are at least two occasions where viewers are encouraged to look at half-naked women and ogle them in a spirit more reminiscent of THE BENNY HILL SHOW than Monty Python. There is also one moment of dialog - obviously meant parodically - where Eric Idle talks about not wanting to live next door to "those kind of people" i.e. African-Caribbeans. Nonetheless, we should bear in mind that AND NOW ... is very much a product of its time; in the early Seventies such attitudes were still considered permissible (the ITV sitcom LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR had the white protagonist continually insulting his African-Caribbean neighbor). The location filming (such as it is) conjured up a now-vanished world of inner London, with traffic-free streets and a predominantly white population.Definitely worth a look, but don't expect anything too humorous, especially if viewers are unfamiliar with the Pythons.