The Brothers Grimm
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.
What critics thought
Terry Gilliam's fairy-tale romp landed with mostly negative reviews, with critics broadly agreeing that its visual flair couldn't compensate for a story that never cohered. The central divide was between those who felt Gilliam's chaotic imagination was its own reward and those who found the whole enterprise a beautifully dressed but hollow exercise.
“an invention without pattern, chasing itself around the screen without finding a plot. The movie seems like a style in search of a purpose, with a story we might not care about.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“The Brothers Grimm looks terrific, yet it remains essentially inert. You keep waiting for something to happen and after a while, your mind wanders from the hollow frenzy up there with all its filigrees and fretwork.”
Stephen Hunter·The Washington Post
“if you're a Gilliam junkie, as I am, you go with it, even when the script loses its shaky hold on coherence.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“a great compound of rip-snorting Gothic fantasy and Python-esque dark comedy”
Gene Seymour·Newsday
Parents guide
- Violence
- moderate
- Sex
- none
- Profanity
- mild
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- moderate
Genres
Adventure, Fantasy, Action, Comedy, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Terry GilliamDirector
Matt DamonWilhelm Grimm
Heath LedgerJacob Grimm
Lena HeadeyAngelika
Peter StormareCavaldi
Monica BellucciMirror Queen
Mackenzie CrookHidlick
Roger Ashton-GriffithsMayor
Jonathan PryceDelatombe
Richard RidingsBunst
Barbara LukešováMother Grimm
Anna RustSister Grimm
Dario MarianelliComposer
Ehren KrugerWriter
Newton Thomas SigelCinematographyThe Brothers Grimm
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.
What critics thought
Terry Gilliam's fairy-tale romp landed with mostly negative reviews, with critics broadly agreeing that its visual flair couldn't compensate for a story that never cohered. The central divide was between those who felt Gilliam's chaotic imagination was its own reward and those who found the whole enterprise a beautifully dressed but hollow exercise.
“an invention without pattern, chasing itself around the screen without finding a plot. The movie seems like a style in search of a purpose, with a story we might not care about.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“The Brothers Grimm looks terrific, yet it remains essentially inert. You keep waiting for something to happen and after a while, your mind wanders from the hollow frenzy up there with all its filigrees and fretwork.”
Stephen Hunter·The Washington Post
“if you're a Gilliam junkie, as I am, you go with it, even when the script loses its shaky hold on coherence.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“a great compound of rip-snorting Gothic fantasy and Python-esque dark comedy”
Gene Seymour·Newsday
Parents guide
- Violence
- moderate
- Sex
- none
- Profanity
- mild
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- moderate
Genres
Adventure, Fantasy, Action, Comedy, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Terry GilliamDirectorMatt DamonWilhelm GrimmHeath LedgerJacob GrimmLena HeadeyAngelikaPeter StormareCavaldiMonica BellucciMirror QueenMackenzie CrookHidlickRoger Ashton-GriffithsMayorJonathan PryceDelatombeRichard RidingsBunstBarbara LukešováMother GrimmAnna RustSister GrimmDario MarianelliComposerEhren KrugerWriterNewton Thomas SigelCinematography