As it was written by Michael Palin I had expected a lot of big laughs but it was all played a bit too deadpan and all the laughs were of the small variety. Great characters very well acted by all and with a fortune seemingly spent on the impressive scenery and locations it looked good also. I was surprised to read that they actually travelled to Africa to film the fairly brief scenes there which was very extravagant. It probably has to be watched by all Monty Python fans but most will probably be disappointed like I was. Michael has of course done a lot of travelling in the past forty years and I wonder if his trip to Africa for this film made him want to do travel programmes.
Review of The Missionary
