Jabberwocky

1977

Action / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy

12
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 47% · 22 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 47% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.1/10 10 16982 17K

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Plot summary

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?

Director

Terry Gilliam Photo
Terry Gilliam

Top cast

Kenneth Colley Photo
Kenneth Colley as 1st Fanatic
Janine Duvitski Photo
Janine Duvitski as Fanatic
John Bird Photo
John Bird as 1st Herald
John Le Mesurier Photo
John Le Mesurier as The Chamberlain
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894.63 MB
1280*682
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 45 min
Seeds 4
1.69 GB
1920*1024
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 45 min
Seeds 29

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by RufusT 7 / 10

This early Terry Gilliam film is better than its reputation.

This often neglected first solo directing effort of Gilliam's is certainly much better than its maligned reputation would have you believe. While it is though sledding the first time through, it gains appreciably with repeated viewings, but does demand you pay attention. Amongst all the excrement, garbage and filth, Gilliam and his co-writer actually have a little something to say about big business, but mainly JABBERWOCKY is very, very funny. Strong stomachs are required, however.
Reviewed by Leofwine_draca 4 / 10

Not as funny as it should be

JABBERWOCKY feels very much like a follow-up to MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL, featuring as it does an identical medieval setting, similar fantastic elements in the story, a grubby look, and many of the assembled Monty Python cast (although Eric Idle, Graham Chapman and John Cleese are notable by their absence). This one's a very loose adaptation of the Lewis Carroll poem, with Michael Palin playing a youthful idiot who must battle a legendary monster. Truth be told, this is rather a scattershot affair that never manages to be particularly funny, or at least as funny as it should be. However, it does have an excellent supporting cast of numerous faces familiar from British comedy (Bernard Bresslaw, Warren Mitchell and John Le Mesurier to name but three), so at least that's something.
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