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The Brothers Grimm

Terry Gilliam's fantasy film in which the famous storytelling brothers have fantastical adventures.

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Look Grandpa, It's a Mainstream B Movie......

Nov 5, 2006

by The_Straw_Man

Rating:

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This movie is almost like Evil Dead meets Ever After and Van Helsing, while Sleep Hollow provides the backdrop. This movie is like a mainstream B movie. There were times I found myself laughing out loud at how cheesy or genuinely funny the movie was. I would say Matt Damon and Heath Ledger didn't do a bad job acting, however both of their performances aren't anything to get excited about either.

It is worth watching this movie just to see some of the set design and SOME of the special effects. But there are other movies in this department that deliver in a much better fashion. I don't think this movie did very well in the box office and I think I have a theory. This movie was promoted with a PG-13 rating, which means anyone who is over 13 or with someone as old as 13 can see this movie. Well some of the graphic violence in this movie was crazy. I can see a parent not wanting their under 13 year old to see this violence, and an adult might wanting more graphic violence. I don't know, I felt this movie was pretty brutal for a "light-hearted fantasy adventure". Come on man, let's be honest with the viewers of America, this movie was morbid. I can list some moments:

1) A man is shot in the back of the neck and there is plenty of blood
2) A child looses his eyeballs via mud
3) Spider webs come out of a horses' mouth and eat a child
4) A woman's face cracks and the decay of death is reveled under her skin
5) A man is lanced with a broken flag pole
6) Several decapitated heads
7) A kitten is killed by a huge fan
8) Horses are lit on fire

Now the violence didn't bother me, a movie is a movie. I just find it so interesting that there is such tightness around movie ratings. For instance, the F bomb automatically makes a movie rated R. However the former elements are put into a movie combined with a spooky-fantasy aspect and it is a family film. Oh well I suppose this is why I never made it in the movie business.

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review by arichards. November 22, 2008

Gruesome twosome

Recall your happy childhood days And your favorite bedtime story Well this one isn't one of those It's dark and gross and gory The Brothers Grimm travel the land Removing "spells" and "curses" I'd love to tell you all their tricks But it'd take too many verses Suffice to say they con their way As experts in their field By recreating old wife's tales With … more

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review by newtonooi. July 30, 2007

Wondrous and crazy

British comedy is not for everyone, and british action flicks are really not for most people, especially when starring American actors. Once you understand and accept this fact of life, then you realize how good a movie this really is. The storyline is simple; the two Grimm brothers (Damon and Ledger) are traveling con men in Napeolonic Europe. They use their knowledge of optics, chemistry, physics and psychology to create apparitions in isolated villages, and then appear to save the villagers from … more

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review by tomtom13. April 01, 2007

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Fairy Tales Brought to Life

THE BROTHERS GRIMM is a thrilling adventure from the mind of Terry Gilliam set against the backdrop of a fairy tale with two protagonists pulled from real life. The story stars Matt Damon and Heath Ledger as Will and Jacob Grimm, the two scholars of history who traveled throughout Germany gathering the old fairy tales and legends that had been passed down through the generations through storytelling and collected them together in one collection. Except, the Will and Jacob Grimm in THE BROTHERS GRIMM … more

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review by JP_Rocky_Raccoon. August 08, 2006

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"Fractured Fairy Tales": Better Assembly Required

Terry Gilliam's 'The Brothers Grimm' has a lot going for it. Stunning visually and occasionally funny, this madcap farce could have been great. Heath Ledger and Matt Damon give spirited performances as Wil and Jacob Grimm. Furthermore, the cinematography is beautifully illuminating, and the scenes are filled with cliff-hanging adventure. So why doesn't it all work? The components are all top quality, but it doesn't really come together. There are even two plots skillfully … more

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review by gradyharp. December 25, 2005

A Silk Purse out of a Sow's Ear? More the Opposite!

Few complain when writers and directors take a fresh take on an old story: at times the new approach even enhances the original. Sadly, that is not the case with THE BROTHERS GRIMM. Though Terry Gilliam is well recognized as one who makes magic out of old things retold, this time the magic seems to have been concentrated on costumes, weird head pieces, claustrophobic haunted villages, and animated effects. As a result the story is left behind and without a decent script, leaves little for the actors … more

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Cast: Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Uma Thurman, Peter Stormare, Jonathan Pryce, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Monica Bellucci, Robin Williams, Richard Ridings, Lena Headey, Miroslav Táborský, Tomas Hanak, Julian Bleach, Jakub Zindulka, Mackenzie Cook, Bruce MacEwen, Jan Unger

Director: Terry Gilliam

Genre: Action, Adventure

Release Date: August 26, 2005

MPAA Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 118 minutes

Studio: Miramax

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