Every Sperm is Sacred. (Monty Python's 'Meaning of Life' (DVD))

Member Name: daseaford

Product:	Monty Python's 'Meaning of Life' (DVD)
Date:	14/05/01 (28 review reads)
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Advantages: Very funny., Highly amusing., Great comedy.

Disadvantages: Some sick jokes.

Like most people of my age the Monty Python team hold a special place in our laughter glands. The Python television programmes broke every convention of comedy at that time and the transfer to the movie world has given the team the chance to expand their sketches and produce a great film.

The film is split into seven parts and each part looks at a different aspect of life, but from rather an unconventional angle.

Part 1. “The Miracle of Birth” shows a very public birth followed by a visit of the stork to a terraced house somewhere in Yorkshire. This part includes the song “Every Sperm is Sacred” which is a satirical attack on the Catholic Church, but done in the best possible taste, with scenes reminiscent of the musical Oliver.

Part 2. “Growth and Learning” looks at sex education in a boys public school, where of course the Headmaster and his wife give a practical demonstration of having sex for one of the lessons.

Part 3. “Fighting Each Other” shows some nice gruesome shots of people dying in battles and war. Good humorous material.

Now we have reached the middle of the film, so naturally there is an intermission for the “Find the Fish” competition.

Part 4. “Middle Age” has a good old philosophical debate.

Part 5. “Live Organ Transplants” will make you wonder why you ever agreed to carry a donor card.

Part 6. “The Autumn Years” is definitely not to be watched whilst you are eating.

Part 7. “Death” includes a visit from the Grim Reaper and the execution of a man who could choose his own means of death, and a very good choice it was as well.

This all may sound very serious stuff, but it is very funny as every part has a very strange way of being presented that only the Monty Python team could write and perform.

If you enjoy the quirky type humour of Monty Python
then you will love this film, it is excellent and I can recommend it to anyone with a strange sense of humour.

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