Time Bandits (DVD) Reviews

Time Bandits was one of my favourite films as a child, so I thought I'd give it another go to see if it was just as a result of nostalgia that I held it in such high regard. Directed by Terry Gilliam and co-written by Gilliam and another Monty Python, Michael Palin, Time Bandits concerns Kevin (Craig Warnock), an 11 year old who feels ...  Read the complete review

The Time Bandits. ========== Co written by Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam and it shows. What a madcap film that kids will never tire off. Poor Kevin is desperate for something to happen to get him away from his overbearing and controlling parents. But what is about to happen to him and the adventure he is about to goon ...  Read the complete review

The Time Bandits. ************** ~Introduction~ Please don't laugh but this was the first 'Video' I ever saw and so holds a special fondness for me. The movie actually comes from a script originally co written by Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam. Terry Gilliam was to follow this film up with equally whimsical ...  Read the complete review

Time Bandits is the 1981 film brought to us by members of the Monty Python team. Written by Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam, and directed by Gilliam himself, it is a comedy of Monty Python-like proportions. The Plot Six crazy dwarves have stolen a map containing holes in space and time scattered across the universe. ...  Read the complete review

Time Bandits is a great fantasy film with a host of famous faces. It is a film of many adventures and some great comedy, released in 1981; this film never loses its touch and is an firm favourite on our family. The story is of 6 cheeky and crazy dwarves, who have stolen a precious map that shows a series of time holes scattered ...  Read the complete review

Some films leave an indelible mark on you whilst others just fade away. With a hint of nostalgia and a certain childish introspection, I recently caught the fantasy film "Time Bandits" released in 1981 and found myself spinning back into an era that had entered a science fiction phase still a whirl post "Star Wars" and about to ...  Read the complete review

I was flicking through a DVD catalogue at work and I noticed that Time Bandits had been released on DVD as well as video. It reminded me that it had been a while since I had seen this film and I thought I was long overdue for writing an opinion about it. I was also shocked to discover that the film is now 20 years old; am I old enough to remember ...  Read the complete review

...all in a movie which bludgens you with an endless barrage of witticisms and slapstick humour which only some ex-Pythons could do this well...what more could you ask for? Time Bandits is one of the early works of director Terry Gilliam of Monty Python fame. It is a forerunner to such later greats as Brazil, The Fisher King and Baron ...  Read the complete review

It must be at least 14 years since I first saw this movie and I still love to watch it. Its the first movie I can remember watching over and over as a kid and now I still love to watch it whenever it is on TV. Strangest thig is tho that I have NEVER bought it on video, guess maybe I would watch it too much and ware the tape out hehehe!!!! ...  Read the complete review

Gilliams first movie to shake of the Monty Python influence, this is a beautiful fanasty story stuffed full of black humour and slightly twisted thread. Kevin is an imaginitve child living with his gameshow obsessive parents. Somewhat ignored, Kevin is obsessed with history, and when a bunch of dwarfs on the run from God himself suddenly ...  Read the complete review