Jabberwocky
“Jabberwocky: the monster so horrible that people caught the plague to avoid it”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 57, rated by 1 admin.
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A cooper's apprentice blunders into a filthy medieval city threatened by a monster. Terry Gilliam replaces polished storybook chivalry with crowding, bodily indignity and elaborate slapstick. Michael Palin's optimism gives the muck a human centre, even when the episodic plot takes its time.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 3/10
- Plot
- 7.5/10
- Effects
- 3.5/10
- Dialogue
- 6.5/10
- Rewatchability
- 8/10
“The heroic quest has become stuck in medieval municipal problems.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 57
Synopsis and movie facts
After the death of his father, young Dennis Cooper goes to town where he has to pass several adventures. The town and the whole kingdom is threatened by a terrible monster called 'Jabberwocky'. Will Dennis make his fortune? Is anyone brave enough to defeat the monster?
- Released
- 1977
- Directed by
- Terry Gilliam
- Running time
- 105 min
Starring
- Michael Palin as Dennis Cooper
- Harry H. Corbett as Squire
- John Le Mesurier as Passelewe
- Warren Mitchell as Mr. Fishfinger
- Max Wall as King Bruno the Questionable
- Rodney Bewes as The Other Squire
- John Bird as 1st Herald
- Bernard Bresslaw as The Landlord
Research behind this pick
Researched . Explore the film references and reviews below.
- Film reference · themoviedb.org
Canonical film identity, release date, runtime, director credits, cast, genres, synopsis and poster checked against TMDB movie 11834.
- Review · moriareviews.com
The review praises Gilliam's slapstick staging while describing the plot as loosely connected happenstances.
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