The Life of Brian (1979)

Monty Python's Life of Brian, along with the works of Flavius Josphus are among our principle sources on life in first centruy Palistine. Actully Life of Brian is a pretty smart parody of the numerious messiah claimants to have poped up in the Roman occupided Canaan of the 1st century. The late Graham Chapman plays Brian Cohen, a Jew who joins a resistance group against the Romans only to end up mistaken as the Messiah by an impressionable group of his coutnry men, and in the end sentenced to be part of a mass crucifixation. The quality of the humor varies, its Python, some times smart sometimes stupied, though the idea behind it is rather clever, and no this not a Jesus bashing film, its a religion bashing film. All of the Python players play multipal characters which can be a little confusing at times. I didn't love this like some, I liked the idea more then the execution, but there are enough clever moments that I can appreciate the effort. I'm gonna call it Good