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Movie · Comedy · 1975 · PG

Monty Python and the Holy Grail: parents' guide

12+our pick

Best for ages 12 and up. Rated PG.

A classic absurdist comedy that families with tweens and teens tend to quote for years, though younger kids will miss most of the wordplay. King Arthur and his knights wander medieval England in search of the Grail, meeting a knight who loses every limb, a killer rabbit and a castle full of eager maidens. The blood is bright and fake, and the fights end in silly dismemberments. Bawdy jokes include young women asking to be spanked and an 'oral sex' punchline, and animated scenes show bare bottoms. The language is mild by today's standards apart from an s-word and one cruder word. The sex jokes and comic gore are why we suggest 12.

What's in it

Violence

Moderate

Plentiful but clearly fake: a knight loses all four limbs with blood spurting, throats are stabbed, a sword goes through a man's head, a wedding party is cut down, and a rabbit kills knights. A comic song lists absurd mutilations, including a passing sexual-violence reference.

Language

Moderate

An s-word and one use of 'pussy,' plus very British insults: 'bastard,' 'bloody,' 'bugger,' 'bitching,' 'piss,' 'sod,' 'git,' 'tart' and 'pansy.' 'Jesus Christ' is used as an exclamation.

Sex and nudity

Moderate

No sex scenes. In Castle Anthrax, a crowd of young women, said to be 16 to 19, beg a knight to spank them, and the scene ends on an 'oral sex' punchline. Animated sequences show bare male bottoms, and innuendo pops up throughout.

Drinking, drugs and smoking

Mild

Characters drink beer in passing, and no one is shown drunk. No smoking or drugs.

Scary or intense scenes

Mild

Hardly scary: the killer rabbit and an animated beast that eats people are absurd, and a modern-day historian is abruptly cut down by a passing knight. Very young kids might be startled by the fake blood.

Worth talking about

The film mocks legends, authority and following orders without question. Why can silly humor be such an effective way to poke at power?

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Checked October 13th, 2026 against Common Sense Media, bbfc.co.uk, the MPA, Wikipedia, screenwiseapp.com, Rotten Tomatoes. The age is our judgment, not an official rating, and every family draws its lines differently: read the notes, not just the number. Spotted something we missed? Tell us. How we rate.