Rating: PG
Genre:
Comedy
Release Date: 10/23/2001
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1/DDS
Run Time: 105 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Brief Nudity, Not For Children, Adult Language, Adult Humor
Distributor/Studio: Columbia TriStar
An innocent country farmer experiences a number of improbable misadventures that culminate in a battle against the titular beast in this broadly comic fantasy. The first solo outing of director
Terry Gilliam, who served as animator and co-director on
Monty Python and the Holy Grail, returns to the medieval setting that had previously served him so well, and brings along fellow
Pythonite Michael Palin for the ride as reluctant hero Dennis Cooper. Cooper's journey to defeat the fearsome Jabberwock is filled with a similar combination of traditional fairy-tale narrative and irreverent humor, which at times aims to be even raunchier than classic
Python fare. But while the film is too awkward and repetitive to succeed, it does boast impressively grungy medieval sets and costumes, and flashes of the visual brilliance that would characterize
Gilliam's more mature works.
~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide
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