Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

Dennis the peasant (Michael Palin) was by far the funniest part of this film to me and one of the few saving graces in this wildly uneven film. Help! Help! I'm being repressed!

I knew I was in trouble when the guy next to me in the theater was snort laughing at the Swedish subtitles during the opening credits and I wasn’t even mildly amused. I guess I prefer the dry British humor to this SNL-across-the-pond predecessor. Much like any SNL episode, there are a few funny parts that get overshadowed by a lot of juvenile boy filler and the tendency to beat a good joke into a barely recognizable pulp.

That's enough music for now, lads. 

With a better laugh-to-groan ratio though, this could have really worked for me. I couldn’t help but chuckle every single time the coconut horses appeared. I enjoyed placing culturally iconic lines like “It’s just a flesh wound” in their proper context. And there were enough funny sketches (the aforementioned Dennis, Sir Galahad’s duty to sample as much “peril” as he can, the Bridge of Death, the holy hand grenade, and rescuing the “maiden”) to keep me interested in this otherwise batshit crazy spectacle. 

All right, we'll call it a draw.

Annual Rankings - Old but New to Me in 2025
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Director Ranked - GILLIAM Terry
Actor Ranked - CLEESE John
Country Ranked - England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿