The Crimson Permanent Assurance

The Crimson Permanent Assurance

Our Short Feature Presentation

Directed by Terry Gilliam

Produced by The Monty Python Partnership, Celandine Films

198316 min7.1 / 10

A wildly imaginative, anarchic comedy about office workers rebelling against corporate drudgery by literally sailing their building to freedom, driven by visual invention and absurdist humor.

A group of down-and-out accountants mutiny against their bosses and sail their office building onto the high seas in search of a pirate's life.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Crimson Permanent Assurance sad? Barely. Less sad than 89% of films.

  • Is The Crimson Permanent Assurance scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Does The Crimson Permanent Assurance end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

  • Is The Crimson Permanent Assurance easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of films.

  • Is The Crimson Permanent Assurance violent? Not especially. Less violent than 62% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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76/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity83

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise72

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love72

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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