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08/26/05
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
101 - 120 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
A messy fairy tale riff that overcompensates for a less-than-enchanting story with frenetic busyness.
08/26/05
What we have here isn't a movie, it's a coffee-table book.
08/26/05
The film seems almost intentionally bad in most ways, as if Gilliam were expressing a suicide wish for his directing career.
08/26/05
Black comedy, romance, adventure, fantasy and horror all get short shrift, even as they're pitched toward the extreme.
08/26/05
An absurd mess that's more entertaining than it has any right to be.
08/26/05
Fairy tales are all about feeding our imaginations, and Gilliam was only allowed to bring out the snack tray.
08/26/05
Like so many children in fairy tales, The Brothers Grimm gets lost in the woods.
08/26/05
A colossal disappointment.
08/26/05
In the midst of all this pandemonium, moments of Gilliam's awe-inspiring vision swirl around like the black crows and dead leaves that pepper the film's woodsy fabric.
08/26/05
A frenzied sideshow sprinkled with Terry Gilliam’s familiar ticks and excess but lacking funny or winning characters.
08/26/05
[Gilliam] once again creates a world that is utterly weird and, within its own rules, completely logical.
08/26/05
Hardly memorable at all.
08/26/05
A third class theme park ride, much too dark for children, too familiar for adults, and too lame for either.
08/26/05
The monster melees aren't just means to a digital dead end but a wish-fulfillment celebration of the triumph of artists and fabulists over despots and militarists.
08/26/05
I'm guessing that Terry Gilliam colored outside the lines as a kid. In fact, I'd bet money he even ate the crayons.
08/26/05
A noisy, tonally berserk fantasy horror film, Grimm quickly reminds the viewer why is it’s so hard for Gilliam to find funding for his visions these days.
08/26/05
Gilliam fans will recognize their boy has been restricted again from crafting the all-out vision they know he’s capable of
08/26/05
Grimm is Disappointing, Shallow, Bland and most of all Boring!
08/26/05
It’s a glorious mess of a movie, and not without its rewards, but it was doomed from its very premise.
08/26/05
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