The Brothers Grimm

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The Brothers Grimm

PG-13

2005

1h 54m

Fantasy

Adventure

Mystery & Thriller

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The Brothers Grimm, Wilhelm and Jacob, are dysfunctional schemers who go from town to town putting on shows that convince inhabitants they are getting rid of demons. After one such scam, a mysterious man called Cavaldi brings them to a French general, who persuades them to battle the evil that has kidnapped 10 girls from a small village. During the investigation, the cynical Wilhelm and sensitive Jacob see things that point to real magic at work.

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The Brothers Grimm is full of beautiful imagery, but the story is labored and less than enchanting.

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Jamie Woolley

BBC.com

10/11/2005

2/5

Perfect material, you might think, for Terry Gilliam's brain of perpetual invention. But despite occasional flashes of dark genius, he hasn't laid a golden egg.

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David Edelstein

Slate

08/29/2005

The Brothers Grimm has enough haunting, fairy-tale imagery for 10 movies, but no emotional kick to drive those images home.

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Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

08/29/2005

It's kind of cold and it's kind of a mess, but I thought it was a glorious mess and it looks so great and it is so interesting and there is so much going on that I have to recommend it on a very mild level.

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

01/31/2021

4/5

A welcome change from the bland remakes and sequels that have cluttered up the multi-plexes this summer.

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Kathi Maio

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction

02/28/2020

Gilliam's feverish and fabulous visions for what he hopes to capture on film seem impractical and a little mad at times.

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

09/01/2009

Wide-eyed, messy, lustrous, rich with enchantment, both giddy and perverse

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Oz S

@Ozsoffy Mar 10

tries to mix fantasy, fairy tales, and adventure, but for me it completely failed. The story about the Grimm brothers as traveling con artists fighting supernatural forces sounded interesting, but the plot quickly becomes silly and confusing. The acting often feels exaggerated and unnatural, and some characters are clearly overacting. The dialogue is weak and sometimes just plain stupid, which makes the whole film hard to take seriously. On top of that, the CGI looks very dated and cheap, which hurts a fantasy movie that relies so much on visual effects. The only highlight for me was Monica Bellucci as the Mirror Queen. She has a strong presence and was enjoyable to watch, even though she appears only briefly. Overall, the movie is messy, boring in many parts, and never really becomes engaging.

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Oaklee D

@ODie63 Jan 26

An entertaining but by the numbers fantasy adventure flick.

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Itsnotrightyouknow m

@justmyopinionasalways Dec 18

I wish I could say there was something saving about this film, but I cannot. The script is awful, the entire acting from everyone is very wooden. The stories the brothers grim wrote interaction show no connection at all with the film. I think it's time Terry retired if this is all he can produce nowadays. Worst film seen all year, thank goodness it was free

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Cassius W

@RT56078678 Nov 21

Great but remembering about ginger bread man make sense of ending.

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MAURICIO M

@Macedomj Nov 20

divertido mas não é aterrorizante é mais aventura que terror

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Robb R

@RT44699867 Sep 6

I feel so sorry for Heath Ledger and Matt Damon for having this travesty on their filmographies lol. It is bizarrely bad. Not as bad as War Of The Worlds, but I do feel like I wasted my time.

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Synopsis

The Brothers Grimm, Wilhelm and Jacob, are dysfunctional schemers who go from town to town putting on shows that convince inhabitants they are getting rid of demons. After one such scam, a mysterious man called Cavaldi brings them to a French general, who persuades them to battle the evil that has kidnapped 10 girls from a small village. During the investigation, the cynical Wilhelm and sensitive Jacob see things that point to real magic at work.

Director: Terry Gilliam
Producer: Daniel Bobker, Charles Roven
Screenwriter: Ehren Kruger
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Dimension Films, Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Rating: PG-13 (Frightening Sequences|Brief Suggestive Material|Violence)
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 26, 2005, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 11, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $37.9M
Runtime: 1h 54m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.37:1)