Review of A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman (2012) by Paul D — 07 Aug 2014

Excellent animated reimagining of the life of a comic talent.

This review of A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman (2012) was written by Paul D on 07 August 2014.

A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for The Guardian (2,969) on 09 Feb 2013

The film's depiction of the ugliness and strangeness of his self-hating LA celeb lifestyle is disturbing. Not just for Python fans…

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By Gordon B (705) on 19 Mar 2013

Its wacky animated antics are fun to look at, but I'm not sure anyone other than die hard Monty Python fans will really care about this one…

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By Christian G (252) on 20 Feb 2013

Ex-Python Graham Chapman reads from his fictional autobiography, with a dozen different animators illustrating scenes in vastly different…

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By Ben Walters (136) for Time Out (7,510) on 05 Feb 2013

The varying tones give a patchy feel to the enterprise without adding up to anything as radical as the Pythons' own assault on TV…

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By Joe Neumaier (1,294) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 08 Nov 2012

John Cleese, Michael Palin and Chapman himself (courtesy of interviews, skits and various recordings he made before his death from cancer…

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By Tim Robey (1,578) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 07 Feb 2013

Bafflingly unfunny, and made with a ruinous lack of guiding intelligence…

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By James Mottram (656) for The List (2,018) on 04 Feb 2013

While the use of animation recalls the tone of Terry Gilliam's work on the old BBC shows, the big problem is just how whimsical it all feels…

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By Betsy Sherman (101) for Boston Phoenix (1,372) on 23 Jan 2013

It's an affectionate, imaginative tribute to the artist's idiosyncratic take on life…

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