Review of History of the World: Part I (1981) by Christian C — 22 May 2013

A truly funny, episodic comedy. Kahn is great and the musical numbers are memorable.

This review of History of the World: Part I (1981) was written by Christian C on 22 May 2013.

History of the World: Part I has generally received positive reviews.

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By Simmons C (2) on 08 Jun 2013

Columns get your columns! Doric! Ionic! Corinthian! We have columns here! It is rambling, aimless and scattershot, but it is still funny…

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By Bradley R (78) on 18 Apr 2014

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By Shake Z (40) on 07 Apr 2013

History of the World Part 1 has some misses, but is still an undeniably funny movie and one of Mel Brooks' better ones…

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By Simon D (1,648) on 05 Dec 2014

While this is little more than Mel Brooks making a Pythonesque film of extended sketches it ws clearly intended to be an epic comedy on a large…

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By Ken S (1,985) on 02 Sep 2014

With shameless borrowing from Monty Python, black adder, SNL and others, this film is saved by a few clever gags, satisfactory and roughly…

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By Victor L (480) on 08 Jun 2013

Columns get your columns! Doric! Ionic! Corinthian! We have columns here! It is rambling, aimless and scattershot, but it is still funny…

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By Danielle Solzman (397) for Solzy at the Movies (339) on 27 Dec 2018

History of the World, Part I-which has no sequel-spoofs multiple genres in this anthology showing that there are no limits to the mind of writer-director…

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By Alessandro G (85) on 09 Aug 2015

Hilarious and memorable, History of the World is a wonderful comedy with lines that you will remember throughout the whole movie…

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By Bill S (2,971) on 11 Mar 2015

Once again, Mel Brooks has the potential to outdo himself, and he does so in this film…

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By Joseph G (414) on 04 Apr 2013

This is one of the funniest movies ever made. It certainly needs to be added to Flixster…

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