Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)

Directed by Terry Jones · 107 min · Comedy

54.3 TOPICAL score · #1,630 of 6,776 films

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Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. Then there's the National Health doctors who try to claim a healthy liver from a still-living donor. The world's most voracious glutton brings the art of vomiting to new heights before his spectacular demise.

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983, directed by Terry Jones) has a TOPICAL score of 54.3 - ranked 1,630 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and audience, and lowest on legacy & cult status. It won 1 award from 1 nomination, including the Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix. Critics: 86% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.3/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 7.3/10 (2,195 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 38 languages.

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• Critics86% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.3/10 critics' average
• AudienceTMDB 7.3/10 (2,195 ratings)
• Awards1 win, 1 nomination - incl. Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix
• ImpactWikipedia articles in 38 languages
• Still read22,104 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
• Cult statusWikipedia mentions a cult following 1 time

Starring: Terry Gilliam (actor #767), Graham Chapman (actor #757), John Cleese (actor #453), Eric Idle (actor #916)

“The film appears in a 2010 list of the top 20 cult films published in The Boston Globe.”

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