Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Elsa Bauerdick

This movie is absolutely hilarious. From killer bunnies to shrubbery raving nights, every moment is wonderfully acted and impeccable panned out to deliver the most possible punch. The story feels like coherent plot but the sketch comedy feel the makes Monty python so fantastic still shines through

Yasmeen Gaber

It’s unreal how densely-packed the jokes are in the film. It was perhaps inevitable that Monty Python’s (as a sketch comedy troupe) feature films would be a string of absurd and genius sketches, but one can also appreciate a through-line of plot. The plot in this film does, however, take a back seat to the jokes and sketches, and that approach is clearly intentional (and obviously successful). The film takes care to make fun of its world, but it also makes fun of film itself through direct references to the fact that the events being chronicled are, in fact, fiction. A classic to be recommended again and again.