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A LIAR'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY - THE UNTRUE STORY OF MONTY PYTHON'S GRAHAM CHAPMANMovie Reviews
Animated documentary about Graham Chapman's life, including his own recording of his autobiographical book, with performances by fellow Monty Python members. Cast:Graham Chapman, Philip Bulcock, John Cleese, Carol Cleveland, Cameron Diaz, Terry Gilliam, André Jacquemin, Terry Jones, Michael PalinDirector:Bill Jones, Jeff Simpson, Ben TimletRelease Date:November 2, 2012DVD Release:February 12, 2013From:EpixHDLength:1 hr 22 min
FEBRUARY 12, 2013
A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman, Mixed Reviews (Doc) Key Cities
A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman played in key cities to mixed reviews. • Noel Murray wrote for the AV Club, "...the film's structure is odd, jumping around in Chapman's life in a way that makes the chronology and the significance of any given incident hard to understand." More Reviews Below...
A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman Positive Reviews (20 Reviews, reviews below)
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: GOOD(cg) "...made up of wildly showy 3-D-animated segments, each one in a different style. It's like watching 'Yellow Submarine' laid over a celebrity-therapy episode of Dr. Phil."(See all of Owen Gleiberman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 76 words, 11/16/12
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (10 Reviews)
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...a colorful patchwork... These are the silly voices that, however tempered by age, remind you why the Pythons were so completely different."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 716 words, 11/09/12
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: WEAK(cg) "...filled with lots of silly bits... It's an odd little trip, but if it weren't, one would have to ask, 'Well what's all this, then?' "(See all of Joe Neumaier's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 136 words, 11/08/12
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times/Chicago Tribune: POOR "...a failure on all fronts... unpleasant to look at, needlessly in 3D, drearily unfunny and worst of all an incomplete portrait of the person to whom it is ostensibly paying tribute."(See all of Mark Olsen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 193 words, 11/02/12
Kyle Smith, New York Post: VERY GOOD(cg) "...alternately brilliant and frustrating.... a weirdly entertaining, quirky meditation about stardom, booze and '70s excess."(See all of Kyle Smith's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 301 words, 11/09/12
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: MODERATE(cg) "...very silly, which is exactly what you'd expect for something even remotely Python-related. It's also a bit on the laborious side, even at a scant 82 minutes..."(See all of Peter Howell's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 449 words, 11/16/12
Benjamin Mercer, Village Voice/LA Weekly: MODERATE "...looks like something made by committee... the movie has enough weird-wild-ride brio to convince you that Graham Chapman was indeed quite a character."(See all of Benjamin Mercer's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 249 words, 10/31/12
Liam Lacey, Toronto Globe & Mail: MODERATE(cg) "...the true parts stick to the less interesting non-Python segments of Chapman's life in a series of hop-scotching, more-or-less chronological chapters."(See all of Liam Lacey's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 510 words, 11/16/12
Phil Brown, Toronto Now: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...ultimately just for Python fans.... It's always nice to see that gang together again, but it's time for them to actually do something completely different."(See all of Phil Brown's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 113 words, 11/15/12
KEY CITIES (4 Reviews)
Mark Jenkins, Washington Post: WEAK(cg) "The movie's candor doesn't yield any great revelations, or even a lot of laughs. The animated biopic is for Python cultists and completists only."(See all of Mark Jenkins's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 418 words, 11/09/12
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: MODERATE(cg) "Cleese and company have spoken of Chapman as fundamentally unknowable, and the cagey blithering of his 'autobiography' could stand as Exhibit A."(See all of Ty Burr's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 528 words, 01/25/13
John Hartl, Seattle Times: VERY GOOD(cg) "The British animators, including Peepshow Collective, Treat Studios, Superfad and Not to Scale, do an imaginative job without imitating the Python animation style."(See all of John Hartl's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 276 words, 11/02/12
Marc Mohan, Portland Oregonian: MODERATE(cg) "...it just doesn't come together.... strives far too desperately for the sort of irreverence that Chapman could conjure with a cock of his pipe-clenching head."(See all of Marc Mohan's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 139 words, 11/16/12
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (6 Reviews)
Benjamin Mercer, Village Voice/LA Weekly: MODERATE "...looks like something made by committee... the movie has enough weird-wild-ride brio to convince you that Graham Chapman was indeed quite a character."(See all of Benjamin Mercer's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 249 words, 10/31/12
Betsy Sherman, Boston Phoenix: VERY GOOD(cg) "...anarchic, witty, frank, raunchy... was Chapman a warrior against convention and hypocrisy, or simply a hedonist who did whatever he could get away with?"(See all of Betsy Sherman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 231 words, 01/24/13
Noel Murray, AV Club: FAIR(cg) "...the film's structure is odd, jumping around in Chapman's life in a way that makes the chronology and the significance of any given incident hard to understand."(See all of Noel Murray's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 390 words, 11/01/12
Calum Marsh, Slant: POOR(cg) "A tedious, aggressively unfunny pseudo-biopic.... the filmmakers have no idea how to sculpt the raw material of a life into a compelling story..."(See all of Calum Marsh's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 381 words, 10/28/12
Phil Brown, Toronto Now: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...ultimately just for Python fans.... It's always nice to see that gang together again, but it's time for them to actually do something completely different."(See all of Phil Brown's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 113 words, 11/15/12
HIGHBROW PRESS (2 Reviews)
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...a colorful patchwork... These are the silly voices that, however tempered by age, remind you why the Pythons were so completely different."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 716 words, 11/09/12
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: POOR "...a failure on all fronts... unpleasant to look at, needlessly in 3D, drearily unfunny and worst of all an incomplete portrait of the person to whom it is ostensibly paying tribute."(See all of Mark Olsen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 193 words, 11/02/12
MOVIE INDUSTRY (4 Reviews)
Peter Debruge, Daily Variety: MODERATE "...an unwieldy animated free-for-all (in 3D) featuring vocal contributions by four other Pythons that's sadly lacking in both the comedy and tragedy of Chapman's life."(See all of Peter Debruge's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 617 words, 09/08/12
David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter: GOOD "...as a salute to one of the comedy troupe's more under-appreciated members, the film offers its share of merriment, and hardcore fans will find much to enjoy."(See all of David Rooney's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 923 words, 09/07/12
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: POOR "...a failure on all fronts... unpleasant to look at, needlessly in 3D, drearily unfunny and worst of all an incomplete portrait of the person to whom it is ostensibly paying tribute."(See all of Mark Olsen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 193 words, 11/02/12
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...a colorful patchwork... These are the silly voices that, however tempered by age, remind you why the Pythons were so completely different."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 716 words, 11/09/12
23.9 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman's reviews are separated by an average 23.9 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman (20 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman's reviews cover 24.2% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 7,089 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 354 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman Coverage, Volume & Length (20 Reviews, reviews below)
Reviews Broke 10 Days After Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman's reviews on average broke 10 days after opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman (20 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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