The Brothers Grimm (2005)
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Reviews Counted:175
Fresh:65
Rotten:110
Average Rating:5.1/10
Consensus: The Brothers Grimm is full of beautiful imagery, but the story is labored and less than enchanting.
Runtime: 1 hr 59 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
US Box Office: $37,848,537
Synopsis: Director Terry Gilliam, who brought his magical storytelling talents to such films as TIME BANDITS and THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN, sets his sights on the Brothers Grimm, turning their life... [More]
Starring: Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Peter Stormare, Monica Bellucci
Director: Terry Gilliam
Reviews for The Brothers Grimm
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...darkly amusing, often entertaining and overwhelmingly bizarre. Ultimately, the film gets bogged down in its own adventurous aspirations, although it looks a treat with splendid production design and fantastic effects. Full Review |
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Wide-eyed, messy, lustrous, rich with enchantment, both giddy and perverse Full Review |
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The only redeeming feature is the hope that [director Terry Gilliam's] salary from The Brothers Grimm,/i> will help him set up a good, old-fashioned Gilliam film, in the tradition of his excellent early work. Full Review |
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2/5 |
The movie feels thoroughly like a project Gilliam did halfheartedly, just to stay in the game. Full Review |
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A disjointed, ear-splitting, visually-jarring, mirthless exercise in pandemonium that director Terry Gilliam tries to pass off as family entertainment. Full Review |
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1/5 |
everyone involved in the production appears to have become lost in the dark woods, hoping somehow to find their way out with an incoherent trail of compromises. Full Review |
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As magical as classic fairy tales may seem to be, a winking Gilliam is out to prove here that to a profoundly superstitious, stressed out early 19th century world, those legends were as frighteningly real as any documentary or even reality show today. Full Review |
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It's hard to imagine whom the filmmakers had in mind for this lavish production. Full Review |
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It's a slog, an out-of-control fantasy that's strangely unenchanting and, in the end, rather tiresome. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Una aventura cómica y liviana, que se beneficia de la imaginación visual del director Terry Gilliam. Full Review |
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There is much in this film to admire, but it goes by too fast and the story is almost incomprehensible. There is certainly enchantment here, but the story does not do much to hold it together. Full Review |
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The movie is at least twice as good as most people say it is and about half as good as we'd all hoped it would be. Full Review |
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Looks great, but less filling. Full Review |
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