Pretty much made on George Harrison’s dime and considered, even if apocryphally, by the legendary comedy troupe to be their best film (probably because it’s the closest they’ve come to a three-act narrative with obvious “thematic concerns”), Life of Brian got banned by a lot of countries at the butt-end of the ’70s. Stars: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin
The first-time co-direction from onscreen performer Terry Jones (who only sporadically directed after Python broke up) and lone American Terry Gilliam (who prolifically bent Python’s cinematic style into his own unique brand of nightmarish fantasy) moves with a surreal efficiency. It certainly doesn’t look like a $400,000 movie, and it’s delightful to discover which of the gags (like the coconut halves) were born from a need for low-budget workarounds. If you’re truly and irreversibly burnt out from this movie, watch it again with commentary, and discover the second level of appreciation that comes from the inventiveness with which it was made. There are so many jokes in this movie, and it’s surprising how easily we forget that, considering its reputation. Holy Grail is, indeed, the most densely packed comedy in the Python canon. But, if you try and distance yourself from the over-saturation factor, and revisit the film after a few years, you’ll find new jokes that feel as fresh and hysterical as the ones we all know.
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Or, in my case, of repeating full scenes to people as a clueless, obsessive nerd. Nowadays, when we hear a “flesh wound,” a “ni!” or a “huge tracts of land,” our first thoughts are often of having full scenes repeated to us by clueless, obsessive nerds. It sucks that some of the shine has been taken off Holy Grail by its own overwhelming ubiquity. Stars: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Connie Booth
Here are the best comedies on Netflix as of September 2021. You can call this the Mindhorn / Casa de Mi Padre (RIP!) Rule-yeah, they’re not better movies than, say, The Artist, but they definitely make me laugh more.
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Again, for the purpose of these rankings I’m looking at how funny a movie is alongside how well made it is-meaning you might see some absolutely hilarious comedies that aren’t that well respected by critics coming in higher than better reviewed, more technically proficient films. Let’s take a quick trip through the funniest movies on Netflix right now. It might not be as deep of a roster as it was five years ago, but there’s still a great variety of comedies to choose from.Īnyway.
And to Netflix’s credit, they’ve been slowly building up a roster of legitimately good Netflix exclusives like The Mitchells vs. Step Brothers is back on the original streamer, and back near the top of our list.
At this point we might have to sit through every one of those Adam Sandler movies to see if any are actually good enough to recommend.įortunately at least one true classic returned to Netflix at the start of October. At one point this list had 50 movies on it every month now it’s usually only 30 movies deep. You’ll see a lot of Netflix originals on the list below, but not enough to make up for all the classics that have fallen out of rotation over the last few years. Netflix’s focus on original content is really starting to impact its lineup of movies.
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