The Brothers Grimm

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The Brothers Grimm

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The Brothers Grimm

Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Peter Stormare, Jonathan Pryce, Lena Headey, Laura Greenwood, MacKenzie Crook, Richard Ridings, Frantisek Velecký, Tomás Hanák, Monica Bellucci

Brothers Jake and Will Grimm, renowned collectors of folklore, have made a career out of traveling from village to village pretending to rid them of "enchanted" creatures. Their bluff is called, howev...( read more  read more... )er, when they are forced by Napoleon's French government to investigate a haunted forest where girls have been disappearing mysteriously. What they discover leads to a series of adventures involving an actual evil (and immortal) sorceress that mirrors that of mythology and the fables that the Brothers Grimm would eventually become famous for.

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  • SirPant
    August 27, 2009
    SirPant
    It was like Sleepy hollow, Shriek and Fear and loathing in Las Vegas rolled into one but without being that good. I don't think Gilliam realises but people act a certain way in his films, maybe its his doing, I'm not sure but its annoying. Yes he is a python but that doesn't make...( read more) you John Cleese!! Aw, it was ok, I thought everyone did very well, i just expected more from such a great director!
  • mrpopcorn
    June 16, 2009
    mrpopcorn
    "Eliminating Evil Since 1812"

    Will and Jake Grimm are travelling con-artists who encounter a genuine fairy-tale curse which requires genuine courage instead of their usual bogus exorcisms.

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    The Brothers Grimm seeks to give us the "real story" behind the classic Grimm's Fairy Tales such as Hansel & Gretel, Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood and Rapunzel without compromising the mystical or enchanted aspects in each of those stories.

    Just like the fairy tales represented in the storyline, to truly enjoy this film requires a temporary suspension of disbelief; but in the end what makes this a satisfying experience is that, along with the characters in the story, we enter into this tale as skeptics and walk out the other side as believers.

    This movie was filmed in true Terry Gilliam fashion and features the kind of fantastic creatures and special effects we have already seen in Time Bandits and Baron Munchausen. The PG-13 rating has little to do with strong language or sexual content (both noticeably lacking) but some of the special effects scenes may be too scary for young children.
  • hypathio7
    June 3, 2009
    hypathio7
    I haven't seen very many of Gilliam's movies, but he is definitely eccentric. He brings a strange sense of humor out of his performers and relishes the darkness of the Grimm tales. This is not supposed to be a history lesson, but the one thing I learned was the time period when...( read more) the brothers Grimm lived. It was a little less than 200 years when they lived and worked. I had assumed they had gathered the German folktales earlier. Anyways, Monica Bellucci's beauty was hardly utilized in her role of the evil queen. Storemare was very broad and over the top in his portrayal as an Italian torturer. Pryce was a hot head Napoleon type with a perverse sense of French taste. I agree with another review I saw that the tone or purpose of the movie seems to keep shifting. It never quite settles.
  • garyX
    December 22, 2008
    garyX
    Terry Gilliam once again puts his post modern spin on Gothic fantasy, and once again it's very much a matter of taste as to whether you are going to enjoy it. The Brothers Grimm are reinvented as a pair of con artists who set up fake hauntings and ride into town to banish the dem...( read more)on for a modest fee (kind of like a Medieval Ghostbusters). Until one day they are caught and sent to investigate a series of child kidnappings and realise that it's the real deal. All of Gilliam's trademark touches are here, including a lot of humour, some gorgeous production design and a quirky spin on existing myths and fairytales. It's kind of like a buddy action version of his heroic failure The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen and Heath Ledger and Matt Damon have some real comic chemistry as the bumbling anti-heroes, complete with amusing Spinal Tap-esque English accents. The plotting is a lot tighter and more focused than Munchausen though, and it has a lot more narrative momentum. It does lose a little impetus for the climax as it's a little overly convoluted and relies too much on the bad guys; Peter Stormare hams it up mercilessly and despite looking the part of the fairest of them all, Monica Bellucci is actually pretty bad as the evil queen. But it is very entertaining and certainly did not deserve the unwelcoming reception it got from some critics. If you liked the similar Sleepy hollow, I see no compelling reason why you shouldn't like this too.
  • allan913
    July 13, 2008
    allan913
    One of the coolest and most imaginary and most original action-adventures in years. Matt Damon and Heath Ledger are fantastic. They are such an exceptional and enjoyable buddy team with amasing chemistry. Peter Stomare is marvelous. An enchantingly fun good time. Frequently funny...( read more) and endlessly thrilling. You'll be thrilled and amused by every inch of this terrific movie. A magnificent mixture of fantacy, action, horror and buddy comedy. Great action, great laughs, great chracters, great speacial effects and great storytelling. It's pure magic. A wild ride of extroadinary genious from Director, Terry Gilliam. There is no way why you shouldnt enjoy this movie.
  • lilboo666
    November 4, 2009
    lilboo666
    Wow!!! amazing settings and usage of colour and the use of cgi just breath taking.
  • totalefreiheit
    November 4, 2009
    totalefreiheit
    Que churrototote!!!
    NO LA VEAS! No gastes tu dinero!
  • erikggrep
    November 2, 2009
    erikggrep
    As I was watching The Brothers Grimm, I knew I'd find it interesting to see how the best fairy tales ever originated with their travels from village to village while pretending to rid them of "enchanted creatures". When the French government investigates a haunted forest a...( read more)nd the mysterious disappearances of girls, they find an evil sorceress that parallels that of the folklore and fables that the Grimms were searching for. I can say that this is a great fantasy film that is worth watching for: the special effects (SFX) are so well made, and they looked real to me - check out the great action sequences, too. Starring the impressive acting performances by Matt Damon and the late Heath Ledger.
  • elizzandragl
    October 31, 2009
    elizzandragl
    I Wish I could
  • neagamb
    October 18, 2009
    neagamb
    This movie is easy to recommend but hard to love, distinguished by Gilliam's extravagant and funny style, but compromised by creative warfare and budgetary limitations. The strain is evident: the brothers' personalities and relationships to each other are poorly established, and ...( read more)the film's structure is ungainly. Never finding his groove, Damon is surprisingly dull in comparison to Ledger's hyperactive "Brad Pitt in Twelve Monkeys" routine. As in so many Hollywood pictures, the climax of The Brothers Grimm is undeniably bloated, but Gilliam infuses it with energy rather than exhaustion. Despite its messiness, The Brothers Grimm deserves credit for its idiosyncratic ambition,
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