The Brothers Grimm
Eliminating Evil Since 1812
Brothers Jake (Heath Ledger) and Will Grimm (Matt Damon) travel from village to village collecting folklore and pretending to get rid of enchanted creatures. However, their bluff is called when they are forced to investigate a haunted forest.
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Disappointing - ampersand
I expected better from Terry Gilliam (not to mention the cast). But despite the action and some clever special effects, I couldn't even watch this to the end, and quit about halfway through. I kept waiting for it to get off the ground and go somewhere, but it never did.The Three Amigos... - tru_review
Wait, there were only two of them in this movie, but it was almost the same plot as the 80's classic, "The Three Amigos". The movie did have some nice special effects and addition of childhood fairy tales were a nice touch, but the jokes and the dialog were really poor. Nothing too special about this movie. If you want a more entertaining movie with a very similar plot rent "The Three Amigos."Grimmer would have been great - Sandman2
This movie must have looked foolproof on paper. Terry Gilliam, ceaselessly inventive mind behind Brazil and Twelve Monkeys; reliable stars in Heath Ledger and Matt Damon; the exotic beauty of Monica Bellucci; eye-popping special effects. The film is visually rich in the way of Gilliam's work, and the script is full of interesting details and anachronistic wit. But something doesn't quite add up. The central conceit, that the Brothers are only posing as exorcist/witch-hunters in order to bilk credulous villagers with staged (and relatively speaking, high-tech) battles with the forces of darkness, and that the Brothers soon get their comeuppance in facing a forest which really is haunted, feels a little too contrived. The Star Trek spoof Galaxy Quest used a similar premise better. Ledger and Damon are charming, but something of the charisma of each doesn't quite come through. Sometimes it feels like they're both sidekicks in search of a hero character. It doesn't help that each is cast against type, to the point that it feels like they switched characters on the last day of rehearsal just for laughs. And both have about the same minor degree of chemistry with Lena Headey, a slightly odd choice for the hoydenish leading lady. But when the story moves away from the comic premise of Napoleonic-era faux-Ghostbusters and into fairytale territory in earnest, the pace picks up, and the Brothers' relationship becomes the real point of the story. I liked the idea that all of the Grimms' Fairy Tales have their genesis in the story that the brothers lived through.(Maybe there really is only one Story, after all.) The movie has a dreamlike aspect that grows increasingly strange and menacing, and the climax is suitably archetypal and odd. That's one of the film's strengths. More of that tone would have been better. The movie's not what it might have been, but it is an interesting experiment.
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Disappointing - ampersand
I expected better from Terry Gilliam (not to mention the cast). But despite the action and some clever special effects, I couldn't even watch this to the end, and quit about halfway through. I kept waiting for it to get off the ground and go somewhere, but ...The Three Amigos... - tru_review
Wait, there were only two of them in this movie, but it was almost the same plot as the 80's classic, "The Three Amigos". The movie did have some nice special effects and addition of childhood fairy tales were a nice touch, but the jokes and the dialog were ...Grimmer would have been great - Sandman2
This movie must have looked foolproof on paper. Terry Gilliam, ceaselessly inventive mind behind Brazil and Twelve Monkeys; reliable stars in Heath Ledger and Matt Damon; the exotic beauty of Monica Bellucci; eye-popping special effects. The film is visually ...