Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life

This may be the weakest of Monty Python’s movies. But Python kind of follows that same algebra as sex and pizza: Even when it’s bad, it’s still pretty darn good. Unlike Monty Python And The Holy Grail and Life Of Brain—which, for all their surreal digressions, are more or less coherent feature films—Meaning Of Life works together a series of sketches about sex, religion, death, and overindulgence (“It’s wafer thin!”) as a means of prodding the biggest of Big Questions. And, of course, it wouldn’t be Python without a lavish, over-the-top, sing-along-ready musical number. This time, it’s about sperm!

Updated 10/09/2011