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Arthur and his knights arrive at a castle occupied by French soldiers, who claim to have the Grail and taunt the Britons, driving them back with a barrage of barnyard animals. Bedevere concocts a plan to sneak in using a [[Trojan Horse|Trojan Rabbit]], but forgets to tell the others to hide inside it; the Knights are forced to flee when it is flung back at them. Arthur decides the knights should go their separate ways to search for the Grail. Meanwhile, a modern-day historian filming a documentary on the Arthurian legends is killed by an unknown knight on horseback, triggering a police investigation.
Arthur and Bedevere are given directions by an old
Arthur and his knights regroup and are joined by Brother Maynard, his monk brethren, and three new knights: [[Bors]], [[Gawain]] and [[Sir Ector|Ector]]. They meet Tim the Enchanter, a [[pyromancy|pyromancer]] who directs them to a cave where the ___location of the Grail is said to be written. The entrance to the cave is guarded by the [[Rabbit of Caerbannog]]. Underestimating it, the knights attack, but the Rabbit easily kills Bors, Gawain and Ector. Arthur uses the "Holy Hand Grenade of [[Antioch]]", provided by Brother Maynard, to destroy the creature. Inside the cave, they find an inscription from [[Joseph of Arimathea]], directing them to "the Castle of Aarrgh". They are interrupted by an attack from the animated "Legendary Black Beast" that lives in the cave, which devours Brother Maynard and pursues the others. Arthur and the knights escape after the film's animator unexpectedly suffers a fatal heart attack, erasing the Black Beast.
The knights approach the Bridge of Death, where the soothsaying bridge-keeper
Arthur and Bedevere cannot find Lancelot, unaware that he has been arrested by police investigating the historian's death. They find Castle Aarrgh occupied by the French soldiers from earlier in the film. After being repelled by showers of manure, they summon an army of knights and prepare to assault the castle. As the army charges, the police arrive, arrest Arthur and Bedevere on suspicion of the murder of the historian, and break the camera, abruptly ending the film.
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The film's reputation grew over time. In 2000, readers of ''[[Total Film]]'' magazine voted ''Holy Grail'' the fifth-greatest comedy film of all time.<ref name="BBC News" /> The next Python film, ''[[Monty Python's Life of Brian|Life of Brian]]'', was ranked first.<ref name="BBC News" /> A 2006 poll of [[Channel 4]] viewers on the [[100 Greatest (TV series)|50 Greatest Comedy Films]] saw ''Holy Grail'' placed sixth (with ''Life of Brian'' again topping the list).<ref name="Channel 4"/> In 2011, an [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] prime-time special, ''Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time'', counted down the best films chosen by fans based on results of a poll conducted by ABC and ''[[People (American magazine)|People]]''. ''Holy Grail'' was selected as the second best comedy after ''[[Airplane!]]'' In 2016, ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'' magazine ranked ''Holy Grail'' 18th in their list of the 100 best British films (''Life of Brian'' was ranked 2nd), their entry stating, "[[Elvis Presley|Elvis]] ordered a print of this comedy classic and watched it five times. If it's good enough for the King, it's good enough for you."<ref>{{cite news |title=The 100 best British films |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/100britishfilms/ |access-date=4 September 2019 |work=Empire |archive-date=4 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904144411/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/100britishfilms/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In a 2017 interview at [[Indiana University Bloomington|Indiana University]] in Bloomington, John Cleese expressed disappointment with the film's conclusion.<!--Recheck quotations as cited in source. DO NOT change double-quotations that are required by Wikipedia since Cleese's remarks are quoted in the cited article itself. Also, DO NOT alter Wikipedia's preferred standard quotation marks, replacing them with any different style. A personal opinion that "Cleese has become a curmudgeon" is entirely irrelevant to editing any source-cited text of his documented remarks.--> "'The ending annoys me the most
Review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]] offers a 91% approval rating from reviews of 126 critics, with an average rating of 8.40/10. The consensus reads, "A cult classic as gut-bustingly hilarious as it is blithely ridiculous, ''Monty Python and the Holy Grail'' has lost none of its exceedingly silly charm."<ref>{{Citation|title=Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/monty_python_and_the_holy_grail|language=en|access-date=2025-04-01|archive-date=20 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120115359/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/monty_python_and_the_holy_grail|url-status=live}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a score of 91 out of 100 based on 24 critics' reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail|title=Monty Python and the Holy Grail Reviews|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|accessdate=12 March 2022|archive-date=3 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403135628/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail|url-status=live}}</ref>
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