The Meaning of Life Family Review

The comedy team takes a look at life in all of its stages in their own uniquely silly way.Why are we here, what's it all about? The Monty Python team is trying to sort out the most important question on Earth: what is the meaning of life? They do so by exploring the various stages of life, starting with birth. A doctor seems more interested in his equipment than in delivering the baby or caring for the mother, a Roman Catholic couple have quite a lot of children because "every sperm is sacred". In the growing and learning part of life, Catholic schoolboys attend a rather strange church service and ditto sex education lesson. Onto war, where an officer's plan to attack is thwarted by his underlings wanting to celebrate his birthday, and an officer's leg is bitten off by presumably an African tiger. At middle age, a couple orders "philosophy" at a restaurant, after which, the movie continues with live organ transplants. The autumn years are played in a restaurant, which, after being treated to the song "Isn't It Awfully Nice to Have a Penis?" by an entertainer, sees the arrival of an extremely fat man. He can eat a lot, but also throw up quite copiously. The Grim Reaper brings for the final stage of human life, death, a visit to a mansion, where the people are rather interested in him. But life doesn't stop at death. It's onto heaven, where it's always Christmas.—Arnoud Tiele ([email protected])From the miracle of birth to death, and everything in between, the hilarious British Monty Python troupe attempts to shed light on the significance of existence, and the perpetually unanswered questions that torment us all. Through a seven-part series of skits, fundamental parts of our lives such as organised religion, sex education, philosophy, accountancy, contraception, and the joys of having a penis, all get the unapologetic Pythonesque treatment. However, as the boys leave no stone unturned to unearth one's purpose in this mortal world, a puzzling and penetratingly metaphysical question remains. In the end, what is the meaning of life?—Nick Riganas