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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)

7.3 IMDb 86% RT 72/100 MC
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Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. Then there's the National Health doctors who try to claim a healthy liver from a still-living donor. The world's most voracious glutton brings the art of vomiting to new heights before his spectacular demise.

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Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

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Director

Terry Jones

Genre

Comedy

Sub-Genre

Satire

Box Office

$14,929,552

Runtime

1 hour and 47 minutes (107 minutes)

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Editor's Notes

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S-Tier Universal 4K. The first Monty Python film to get a 4K release, which felt backwards given Holy Grail and Life of Brian are far more popular. The old 5.1 remix from the 2002 DVD was widely disliked, so people were hoping for the original stereo or a new remix.

noted Apr 9, 2026

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