Terry Gilliam is a talented director with 12 Monkeys, Brazil, and Time Bandits under his belt of directorial achievements. But for this effort, a spin on the Grimm brothers who wrote many of our beloved fairy tales like Red Riding Hood and Hansel...
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Terry Gilliam is a talented director with 12 Monkeys, Brazil, and Time Bandits under his belt of directorial achievements. But for this effort, a spin on the Grimm brothers who wrote many of our beloved fairy tales like Red Riding Hood and Hansel and Gretel. But unfortunately, despite a great cast including Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, and Jonathan Pryce, Brothers Grimm falls flat.

The movie tells the story of the Grimm brothers, played by Damon and Ledger, who are con artists. They go from town to town and they battle evil spirits, who really aren't real. They're then called upon to a small village to help save some girls who have been mysteriously vanishing when they enter the forest. Believing that there's nothing wrong and that there's no mystical force involved, they accept and are soon up to their necks trying to save the remaining girls from being used in a plot for an evil sorceress to regain her youth. Along the way, they run into a French military commander (Pryce) and a French investigator who are both out to hang these two for the cons they've pulled in the past.

When it comes to the Brothers Grimm, the story is solid, and at times the action on screen is pretty good. But sadly that's only half the tale. Throughout the movie some scenes are shot brilliantly, while others aren't. I'm a little confused as to why that is. Furthermore, Brothers Grimm has a sick sense of humor and at times it gets quite weird. But despite all that, some of the ways how the girls are kidnapped are just unbelievable as you figure out that they're connected with a fairy tale gone horribly wrong, like the ginger bread man scene.

The acting is a mixed bag. Damon and Ledger do an alright job with what they have, while the two French characters are just horrid. It's unsure whether or not their accents are that bad on purpose or not.

Overall, Brothers Grimm is a departure from the greatness that usually accompanies Gilliam's films. His unique weirdness is still there, but for those who are familiar with Gilliam, you might want to take a pass. For the rest, it is worth a rent.

This is by far one of the worst movies ever made nothing relly happens and it takes a long to tell you anything about something that is part of the plot all this is was a bad movie.

Despite Initial Charm, “The Brothers Grimm� Provides Few Memorable Moments
By Patrick Hickey Jr

Uninspired, mediocre and decent; all of these words can describe Matt Damon and Heath Ledger’s new...
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Despite Initial Charm, “The Brothers Grimm� Provides Few Memorable Moments
By Patrick Hickey Jr

Uninspired, mediocre and decent; all of these words can describe Matt Damon and Heath Ledger’s new fantasy/comedy, “The Brothers Grimm�. While it has a few entertaining scenes and Damon and Ledger’s on-screen chemistry is apparent, “The Brother’s Grimm doesn’t attach itself to a genre in the worst way; making viewers confused to either be scared at “The Brothers Grimm� or laugh at it.

Damon and Ledger play Will and Jacob Grimm, masters of the unknown … well sort of. The Grimm brothers have a talent for tricking the townspeople they encounter on their journeys into thinking their towns are enchanted with evil spirits and charge large sums of money to get rid of the evil doers. The first 20 minutes of the movie highlight their knack for recreating the unknown, proving the brothers are an 18th century version of Spielberg and Lucas.

It’s not until the French government finds out what their up to when they force the brothers to catch someone whom they believe is up to the same games as they are. What unfolds is the brothers’ actualization of the unknown things in the world, with Jacob Grimm embracing the unknown to the fullest and saving the day and the life of Angelica, played by Lena Headey (The Cave, The Devils Advocate) who helps Jacob and Will find out the truth about the town and her “cursed� bloodline who are being secretly controlled by a 500 year old queen, played by the extremely vivacious Monica Bellucci (The Matrix, Tears of the Sun).

Jonathan Pryce (Pirates of the Caribbean, Ronin) and Peter Stormare ( Minority Report, Constantine) provide some laughs as Delatombe and Cavaldi turning in solid performances but not even that can shake the confusion this picture creates. The reason why “The Brothers Grimm� doesn’t strike gold at the box office is simple; it doesn’t set itself apart from other films in its genre. The special effects aren’t up to par with “Harry Potter�, its production value isn’t anywhere near “Lord of the Rings� and while there are some funny scenes in the movie, there aren’t enough in the film to make the movie a great fantasy/comedy picture.

Taken at the sum of its parts, “The Brothers Grimm� is a decent movie with good on-screen chemistry between its two stars that is worth watching. When compared to the bevy of great Sci-Fi fantasy movies out on DVD right now however, “The Brothers Grimm� doesn’t add anything new to the genre and despite the few smiles it may induce, it isn’t worth the price of admission.

I liked bits of it but overall I wasn't too impressed and I won't be able to sit through it again. I just think that it's not original, I know that it isn't be it could have been so much better. I was such a typical movie, where the good guys win....
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I liked bits of it but overall I wasn't too impressed and I won't be able to sit through it again. I just think that it's not original, I know that it isn't be it could have been so much better. I was such a typical movie, where the good guys win. I don't want the bad guys to win but they could have made a twist.