Arthur Pewty
Joined Apr 2001
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Monty Python is absolutely, no doubt about it, the best television programme ever. There has never been, and I doubt there ever will be, another show quite like it. The type of comedy they write is amazingly clever and the way it is performed is also spectacular. Monty Python can have me gasping in shock on minute and rolling around the floor the next and no matter how many times I see each sketch it still has the same effect. Each writer is brilliant in his own way too, as we see even now they're still writing brilliant and innovative comedies(except, unfortunately, for poor old Graham) like Fierce Creatures and A Fish Called Wanda, wonderfully magical childrens stories like Labyrinth and Mr. Toads Wild Ride and even documentaries like The Human Face and The Truth About Gladiators. Monty Python continues to make us laugh over and over again and, I think, will never be beaten.
I do like this film, though only moderately. In some places it's really funny and includes some adult humour as well as stuff for the kids, but a lot of it is predictable and has a pretty basic story line. I thought that Bette Midler's performance was brilliant (as usual) and that over all, I would watch this film again, but I wouldn't go out of my way to see it.
This is a really good film, especially for kids. It's funny for adults as well as for children and is animated in a way that makes the characters really come to life. Although it's successor, An American Tail, was good, this has come a long way since then and the story line is more my sort of thing. It's much wittier and clever and of course includes John Cleese (I'm not biased, promise!). All in all, a great film.