Movies starring John Cleese
I approached The Pink Panther 2 with the firm belief that, no matter how ill inspired it might be, it certainly couldn't be worse than its 2006 predecessor, which set a new low bar for all things Clouseau. In fulfilling those expectations, The Pin...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-02-06
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Harald Zwart
Cast: Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, John Cleese, ...
"In the last 20, 30 years, [Frankenstein has] been claimed by a whole generation of academics and scholars as a seminal piece of literature of that time. [It's] something which now, post-Freud, they feel reveals so many observations about family l...
U.S. Release Date: 1994-11-04
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence)
Genre: DRAMA/HORROR
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Robert De Niro, Helena Bonham Carter, ...
A certain amount of credit must be given to the filmmaking team behind Shrek 2 for overcoming a seemingly insurmountable obstacle and producing an entertaining motion picture. That obstacle is the ending of the original Shrek, which neatly wrapped...
U.S. Release Date: 2004-05-19
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, Conrad Vernon
Cast: (voices) Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, ...
Ten years ago, when the second and final Timothy Dalton Bond movie, Licence to Kill, tanked at the box office, it looked like the venerable secret agent had finally run out of gas, driven into the ground by the likes of The Terminator and Rambo. A...
U.S. Release Date: 1999-11-19
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: ACTION/THRILLER
Director: Michael Apted
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Denise Richards, ...
Each of the three "official" Monty Python movies has its own distinguishing quality. The first, 1975's Monty Python and The Holy Grail, is arguably the funniest and (in some ways) the silliest. The last, 1983's The Meaning of Life, is the most un...
U.S. Release Date: 1979-08-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Nudity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Terry Jones
Cast: John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, ...
One of the questions I am frequently asked by e-mail is "What is your favorite comedy?" In a horse race that's almost too close to call, I have decided upon A Fish Called Wanda, followed closely by The Life of Brian, then Monty Python and the Holy...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Sexual Situations, Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
Cast: John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, ...
Ever wondered what Dorothy's trip along the Yellow Brick Road might have been like if, instead of traveling with the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion, she had been accompanied by H.G. Welles, Roald Dahl, and Monty Python? Or how C.S. ...
U.S. Release Date: 1981-11-13
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: FANTASY/COMEDY
Director: Terry Gilliam
Cast: Craig Warnock, David Rappaport, Kenny Baker, ...
The Harry Potter phenomenon - and make no mistake, it is a phenomenon - is unlike anything we have seen in recent history. Rather than being the result of clever marketing and hucksterism, Harry Potter's popularity began at the grass roots level. ...
U.S. Release Date: 2001-11-16
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: FANTASY
Director: Chris Columbus
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, ...
I suppose there are a lot of Generation Xers who harbor a certain fondness for the old TV cartoon George of the Jungle, which ran on Saturday mornings in the late '60s and early '70s (apparently, there were only 17 episodes produced, but they w...
U.S. Release Date: 1997-07-16
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Profanity)
Genre: FAMILY COMEDY
Director: Sam Weisman
Cast: Brendan Fraser, Leslie Mann, Thomas Haden Church, ...
Four words say all that needs to be said about Shrek the Third: more of the same. The problem is, what seems fresh and pleasing the first time through starts to feel a little stale by the time we've gone through it three times (not counting video ...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-05-18
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Chris Miller, Raman Hui
Cast: (voices) Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, ...