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Life of Brian (1979): Scores Across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB

8.0IMDb
96%Tomatometer
77Metacritic
7.8TMDB

Life of Brian is a 1979 comedy film directed by Terry Jones. It scores 8.0 on IMDb, 96% on Rotten Tomatoes, 77 on Metacritic, 7.8 on TMDB. Audiences and critics largely agree: IMDb users and Metacritic critics are within 3 points of each other once scaled to 100. Ranked by confidence-weighted IMDb score, it is number 3 of 85 films from 1979 in our catalog and number 42 of 3,051 comedy films.

Billed cast: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin.

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