5.9
“No curse they can't reverse. No demon they can't exterminate. No spell they can't break.”
The Brothers Grimm (2005)
August 26, 20051h 58mEN
5.8
2.9K votes
Overview
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.
Director
Terry GilliamWriters
Where to Watch
Streaming availability for India
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$88.0M
Revenue
$105.3M
Production Companies
Summit EntertainmentAtlas EntertainmentMosaic Media GroupDimension FilmsMetro-Goldwyn-MayerDaniel Bobker Productions
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User Reviews
GenerationofSwine
10.0Does 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..…
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CinemaSerf
6.0Well it is a Terry Gilliam film so was always going to be a bit eccentric - but the idea that the legendary Brothers Grimm were actually grifters was actually quite an fun one. Assemble a couple of A-listers and we should have been flying. Except, well - we are not. Instead of having some amiable horseplay as they fleece the gullible and the unwitting, we find "Jake" (Heath Legder) and "Will" (Matt Damon) in a village where the children have all gone missing. The local grandee "Gen. Delatombe" (Jonathan Pryce) is on to their scamming and decides it's time to get them to prove their worth. Wher…
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