It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

Movie Review: "Time Bandits" (1981)An highly-original script by Monty Python member Michael Palin and directing Terry Gilliam, who gathers sublime supporting actors including Ian Holm as Napoleon Bonaparte, Sean Connery as King Agamemnon, John Cleese as Robin Hood and Ralph Richardson (1902-1983) as Supreme Being (as to say God for those, who want to believe in it). This strictly-entertaining picture of such unimaginable high creative values under a fully-independent approximately Five-Million-Pound production budget, which looks at times like a hundred million with 90-foot giants walking the ocean of the world after sinking the "Titanic", when dwarves surrounding exceptional team acting by Malcolm Dixon, Kenny Baker (1934-2016) among others carry the show on their shoulders through time zones of the known and unknown alike with a magic blue map of infinity in a 105 minutes of non-stop connecting imaginarium by director Terry Gilliam, who seems to be blessed at that time of reception to fulfill his directorial vision of Good vs. Evil in defining cinematic signatures fully-owned.© 2018 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

Most family films are made with marketing at the forefront of the producers' minds. Toys, tie-ins, demographics all trump creativity and creating a work that will last. Thank the Lord, Terry Gilliam is not such a filmmaker and Time Bandits is not such a movie.A kid tags along with a band of thieving dwarfs on the run from their employer, God Himself (played by none other than Ralph Richardson), as they travel through time and take whatever loot they can. What ensues is a series of off-the-wall adventures, encounters with strange characters, and satire jabs at consumerism and the modern world's obsession with technology. It is a film both children and adults can equally appreciate, if they go along with the strangeness.Time Bandits is not going to appeal to everyone-- it's weird and strangely paced, but it's so unique and funny that I cannot help but love it and return to it again and again.

A travel through time in this comedy classic. Time Bandits is not a film for everyone, some people will get the humor in the film while others will not. This particular comedy is similar to some of the works of Monty Python or Mel Brooks - it's that type of humor.I remember falling in-love with this film as a kid - I found it hysterical. This movie deals with time travel and I loved each of the time eras The Time Bandits landed in - it was like several mini-films in one full-length film.If you liked Time Bandits the you might like similar films: "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", "Wholly Moses", "The Meaning of Life" or "Robin Hood: Men in Tights".8.5/10

Terry Gilliam's made many movies throughout his career since being the American of the (Mostly) British comedy gang Monty Pyhton. He co-directed Holy Grail with the other Terry, Jones. Then Jabberwocky, and now this. I suggest having this be an introduction to Gilliam to your child in a double feature with the Baron's film for they are easily his most child friendly for seven or eight year olds (I'd hold off on Brazil until ten for the youngling, despite the briefness of the language and other R- rated things). Alright now, this may not be the most enjoyable seeing it for the first time as an adult. I'd think I'd have a higher enjoyment if I grew up on it. But that only means that you'd better show it to your kid during a history and adventure loving phase. Since I didn't grow up on it, I haven't the appreciation as someone raised with it. But I can't deny its quality, eight out of ten.