“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

And Now for Something Completely Different
Comedy · 1971
A collection of Monty Python's Flying Circus skits from the first two seasons of their British TV series.
And Now for Something Completely Different
“If the Motion Picture Industry dies… Monty Python killed it!”
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
7.2 / 10
Community rating
A collection of Monty Python's Flying Circus skits from the first two seasons of their British TV series.
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over And Now for Something Completely Different?
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their caseThe Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
Nearby on the taste map.
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The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Ian MacNaughton
Written by
Graham Chapman · Eric Idle · John Cleese · Terry Jones
Put And Now for Something Completely Different on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.






