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The Brothers Grimm

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5.8/10 • 2.8K

2005-08-261h 58m

AdventureFantasyActionComedyThriller

Eliminating Evil Since 1812.

Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. However, they are put to the test when they encounter a real magical curse in a haunted forest with real magical beings, requiring genuine courage.

Directors
Terry Gilliam
Editors
Lesley Walker

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Matt Damon

    Matt Damon

    Wilhelm Grimm

  2. Heath Ledger

    Heath Ledger

    Jacob Grimm

  3. Lena Headey

    Lena Headey

    Angelika

  4. Peter Stormare

    Peter Stormare

    Cavaldi

  5. Monica Bellucci

    Monica Bellucci

    Mirror Queen

  6. Mackenzie Crook

    Mackenzie Crook

    Hidlick

  7. Roger Ashton-Griffiths

    Roger Ashton-Griffiths

    Mayor

  8. Jonathan Pryce

    Jonathan Pryce

    Delatombe

  9. Richard Ridings

    Richard Ridings

    Bunst

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GenerationofSwine

Jan 12, 2023

10/10

Does it deserve 10 stars? No, but I look at this as a thumbs up or thumbs down thing, and it's getting thumbs up, sooo...disclaimer there. I really liked this and I accept that I am in the minority. It has the Terry Gilliam comedic feel to it and it has the Terry Gilliam acid trip feel to it... and even at it's worst that is still absolutely entertaining and a pure joy to watch. Someone mentioned wide angle work before and, yes, it has a lot of that wide angle close-up work that can only really be appreciated by people that thought they could out Thompson Hunter Thompson in their youth... wink wink nudge nudge, if you know what I mean. The only real draw back is that Damon doesn't seem to fit in his role, and he doesn't really seem to fit in a Gilliam film...but surprisingly Ledger seems perfectly at home in that kind of world and you get the sense that he enjoyed acting the part as much as you are enjoying watching him act the part. And then here and there you get a joke, a sight gag, a little hint that reminds you that, yeah, Gilliam was in Python wasn't he? That's something that you'd see in the Flying Circus shoved in there. Almost to the point where you can't but stop and wonder if he was channeling Idle or Chapman for some of the dialogue and physical humor. It's a Gilliam film, made for adults, with Warner Brothers Cartoon violence. It's trippy and fun and it might not be your cup of tea, but I loved it.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$88,000,000.00
Revenue
$105,300,000.00
Keywords
sibling relationshipgermanyliteraturebrothers grimmcon artisthistorical fictionaftercreditsstinger19th centuryfake exorcism