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A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
Animation · Comedy · 2012
John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam pay tribute to their late Monty Python colleague Graham Chapman in this hilarious, 3-D animated adaptation of Chapman's brazenly fictionalized life story.
Movie details
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
“Still Dead, And Now in 3D”
2012 Animation · Comedy 1h 25m
Critical arithmetic
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Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
5.9 / 10
Community rating
John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam pay tribute to their late Monty Python colleague Graham Chapman in this hilarious, 3-D animated adaptation of Chapman's brazenly fictionalized life story.
CriticWise case file
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The archetype split
Who fights over A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman?
For the defence
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Big-Idea Head
“You watch with your brain, not your gut.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Jeff Simpson · Ben Timlett · Bill Jones
Written by
Graham Chapman · David Sherlock
Graham Chapman
Self (voice)
Terry Gilliam
Various (voice)
John Cleese
Various (voice)
Michael Palin
Various (voice)
Carol Cleveland
Various (voice)
Cameron Diaz
Seigmund Freud (voice)
Stephen Fry
Oscar Wilde (voice)
Court is in session
Put A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Big-Idea Head
“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”
It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.