Is Monty Python's Life of Brian actually good?

Monty Python's Life of Brian sits in the 90.6% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 90.6% of them.

How does Monty Python's Life of Brian compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1970s, Monty Python's Life of Brian lands in the 88.7% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is Monty Python's Life of Brian's score based on?

357 calibrated reviewers stand behind Monty Python's Life of Brian's score.

1979

global pct

90.6

Film · 1979 · Films · 1970s

Monty Python's Life of Brian

Name: Monty Python's Life of Brian
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1979

Scored from 357 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1970s (2,406 peers).

90.6%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

88.7%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1970s · 2,406 titles

99.2%

AI-adjusted percentile

357 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Born in a stable next door to Jesus, Brian Cohen grows up in Roman-occupied Judea and reluctantly joins a bumbling anti-Roman resistance group. Through a series of misunderstandings, he is mistaken for the Messiah and pursued by adoring crowds he never wanted, while trying to live an ordinary life.

Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) is a film IMDb files under the comedy genre. Inside comedy it is classed as Satire.

2,405 other films from the 1970s form the cohort it is ranked inside. The calibrated figure is built from 357 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 375 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead.

Is Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1970s · 2,406 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 357
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1970s

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