The imaginative child of torpid, TV-mesmerized parents is delighted one night to have a Medieval knight come crashing out of a clothes closet on horseback, gallop across the bedroom, and disappear through the far wall. The next night is even better: six midgets pop up, armed with a secret map to all the "time holes" in the universe, and take the little hero along on a merry chase through history. This promising idea doesn't produce much of value, apart from John Cleese's smarmy portrayal of Robin Hood, until the arrival at the Invisible Wall and the Fortress of Ultimate Evil (residence of the Evil One, zestfully incarnated by David Warner). Several Monty Python alumni had hands in this, most notably Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam in the writing, and the second of those in the directing. The style, as with certain Python projects, is too frenetic, too chaotic, too gritty and grunty, to sustain a level of whimsy. With Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, and Ralph Richardson. (1981) — Duncan Shepherd
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