Movies starring Eric Idle

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)

107 mins     Comedy, Musical      

Well I am sorry again because "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life" still didn't do it for me and finished watching this series of sketches with a sense of why am I bothering? But before you scream for my blood let me just say...

National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)

95 mins     Adventure , Comedy, Crime      

The first of these Chevy Chase lead vacation movies "National Lampoon's Vacation" really was quite good fun and it pretty much set the bench mark when it came to road trip movies. But whilst good fun I would never have expect...

Casper (1995)

100 mins     Comedy, Family, Fantasy      

Despite being aware of the cartoon "Casper" and the catchy music "Casper the Friendly Ghost" I'd never seen one before I decided to watch the 1995 movie "Casper". And in some ways it was a good thing because I had no expectat...

Dudley Do-Right (1999)

77 mins     Comedy, Family, Romance      

At some point I must have watched at least part of a Dudley Do-Right cartoon because when I watched "Dudley Do-Right", the live action version from 1999, I recognized the various characters and various elements from the carto...

102 Dalmatians (2000)

100 mins     Adventure , Comedy, Family      

To put things into perspective "102 Dalmatians" is not a bad movie, for it's target audience of young children who will enjoy watching Cruella de Vil get her comeuppance thanks to some cute dogs it is entertaining. But it doe...

Ella Enchanted (2004)

96 mins     Comedy, Family, Fantasy      

For those who have never heard of yet read Gail Carson Levine book of which "Ella Enchanted" is adapted from the simple way to describe the movie is "Cinderella" with some twists which tries to mix in the contemporary comedy ...

Shrek the Third (2007)

93 mins     Adventure , Animation, Comedy, Family      

Let me tell you now "Shrek the Third" isn't a bad movie, it puts many an animation in the shade but compared to the previous two movies it isn't up to the same high standards. But before I get to what's wrong with the movie I...

Delgo (2008)

94 mins     Adventure , Animation, Comedy      

Have you ever watched a movie and felt that the producers gave up on it, cutting their losses and releasing an unfinished movie rather than spend anymore time or money on it. I had that feeling as I watched "Delgo" an animate...