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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- Life is Python at its most relentlessly tasteless and uncompromisingly Swiftian.
- 83The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe Meaning Of Life is unsparing and elaborate in its vision of humanity at its foulest.
- 83Entertainment WeeklyKeith StaskiewiczEntertainment WeeklyKeith StaskiewiczIt’s tough to find the meaning in much of the craziness on display here, let alone the meaning of all human existence as the title promises, but you will find a whole lot of exquisite nonsense.
- 80NewsweekNewsweekThe best movie to date from England's satirical sextet. [04 Apr 1983, p.74]
- 75Miami HeraldBill CosfordMiami HeraldBill CosfordYou will not necessarily know any more about life after the film is done, but you'll have killed a couple of hours painlessly, and you will have laughed a lot. [18 Apr 1984, p.C6]
- Unbelievably crass. And extremely funny.
- 63Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertA movie that seems consumed with a desire to push us too far. This movie is so far beyond good taste, and so cheerfully beyond, that we almost feel we're being One-Upped if we allow ourselves to be offended.
- 60EmpireIan NathanEmpireIan NathanExcessive and self-indulgent it's true but still the Pythons at their worst are still worth a look.
- 60The New York TimesVincent CanbyThe New York TimesVincent CanbyMonty Python's the Meaning of Life is funny but, being unreasonable, I wish it were funny from start to finish.