Holy Flying Circus – Review

21st April 2012

Holy Flying Circus is a BBC 4 comedy that was released in 2011 to mixed reviews from critics. I don’t know why it was mixed because it’s great! If Monty Python saw it and enjoyed it, why shouldn’t we?!

‘Life of Brian’ is considered as one of the greatest comedy films of all time and for good reason. It was blasphemous, silly, intelligent and most importantly funny. This film focusses on the lead up the release of ‘Life of Brian’ in the UK and the effects the protests had on the people involved in the making of it. The outcome is hilarious and I urge you all to check it out!

Directed by Owen Harris it features a plethora of talented British comedians and the chemistry between the characters is amazing, they mirror the comedy of Monty Python to great success.

The standout characters for me have to be Michael Palin (Charles Edwards), John Cleese (Darren Boyd), Michael Palin’s Wife (Rufus Jones) and Andrew Thorogood (Mark Heap). Edwards successfully portrays Palin as the ‘nicest man in the world’ (which of course he is), Boyd captures Cleese’s sarcasm and contradictory nature, Jones dresses up as a woman to represent Palin’s wife (how can that not be funny?) and Heap is awkwardly funny as a Christian protester (he was great in Green Wing and he’s funny in this too!)

Full of Pythonesque sketches and humour this a great way to spend 90 minutes. It’ll make you laugh and reach for your Monty Python DVD’s (if you don’t have them, I have one word for you. WHY?) I think sometimes it’s easy to forget how Monty Python paved the way for future comedy. Without them people like Frankie Boyle would just be considered offensive.

Monty Python have taught us we have to laugh at things and we shouldn’t take ourselves too seriously, if we do life becomes terribly boring. I for one agree with them.

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