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I once heard someone describe their feelings about Life of Brian by saying that Monty Python as anarchists are a lot more compelling than Monty Python as hard truth-telling satirists. That just about sums up where I land on LoB. Holy Grail leans into the troupe's absurdity, the heavy juxtaposition and running-too-long gags and all that, but Life of Brian sacrifices most of it in pursuit of a topical message. It's not without its moments, like the wonderful ending routine, but a lot of the biblical stuff is so on the nose, so overdone.