The movie is told in vignettes starting with the dawn of man. Stories include a controversial musical number about The Spanish Inquisition, a brief parody of Moses and the Ten Commandments, the "truth" about the Roman Empire, and the weirdness of The French Revolution. Now, you may be asking if there's a Part II. Well, there isn't. Although, they show at the end what could be a part two showing some more controversial stuff such as a figure skating Adolf Hitler.
This parody comedy is like any other Mel Brooks movie, hilarious! I laughed a lot while watching. There were a lot of scenes that Brooks got away with that would've got him in trouble today, for instance the Inquisition song. I love the fact that they break the fourth wall in the movie. (Brooks does that a lot in his movies). I've seen other Mel Brooks movies such as Space Balls, Young Frankenstein, and Blazing Saddles, but I honestly can't decide which one is better.
PARENTS GUIDE: This movie is rated R. There is a LOT of sexual innuendos throughout the movie. There is some comical violence. There is a lot of uses of the F word, and there's a character called "The Piss Boy". So, this movie is mostly aimed for adults. Children wouldn't understand this movie at all.
DID YOU KNOW?: Richard Pryor was originally cast to play Gregory Hines' role of Josephus. Orson Welles agreed to narrate the movie with a price of five thousand dollars per day in exchange for his services. Josephus claims he's from Ethiopia. When he was asked what part, he answers "125th Street" which is considered to be the Main Street of Harlem. John Cleese turned down to be in the movie.
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