The Brothers Grimm (2005)

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Won 1 award & 1 nomination
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About the movie

Year

2005

Runtime

1 h 58 min

Genres

Action, Adventure, Comedy

Countries

United States, Czech Republic, United Kingdom

Director

Terry Gilliam

Writer

Ehren Kruger

Plotline

Will and Jake Grimm are travelling con-artists who encounter a genuine fairy-tale curse which requires genuine courage instead of their usual bogus exorcisms.

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Starring

Petr Ratimec

Barbora Lukesová

Anna Rust

Matt Damon

Heath Ledger

Main cast

Petr Ratimec Wilhelm Grimm

Barbora Lukesová Mother Grimm

Anna Rust Sister Grimm

Jeremy Robson Jacob Grimm

Matt Damon Wilhelm Grimm

Heath Ledger Jacob Grimm

Radim Kalvoda Gendarme

Martin Hofmann Gendarme

Josef Pepa Nos German War Veteran

Harry Gilliam Stable Boy

Miroslav Táborský Old miller

Roger Ashton-Griffiths Mayor

Marika Sarah Procházková Miller's Daughter

Mackenzie Crook Hidlick

Richard Ridings Bunst

Alena Jakobova Red Hooded Girl

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External critics' reviews

Gilliam has rarely been more inventive, energetic, or just plain funny. more

Just as fabulously cartoon-Gothic as "Sleepy Hollow." more

A wildly wondrous reinvention of the story of the chroniclers of dark, occasionally horrific, child-pleasing fairy tales.

This brisk, free-falling fantasy about the famous collators of German fairy tales, played here as a kind of comedy act by Matt Damon and Heath Ledger, is Terry Gilliam's most entertaining work since the glory days of "Time Bandits," "Brazil," "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen," and "The Fisher King." more

If you're a Gilliam junkie, as I am, you go with it, even when the script by Ehren Kruger (The Skeleton Key) loses its shaky hold on coherence. more

In the end it's still Gilliam Lite, but Gilliam Lite is better than no Gilliam at all. more

The result is minor Gilliam: still more engaging than most moviemaking, but nonetheless a letdown after such a long wait. more

It's a barrage of visual stimulation so excessive that it's hard to sort it all out. But it's often funny, its texture can be breathtaking and its pleasures likely will grow with repeated viewings. more

Damon, an underrated comic actor, is particularly good as an ultra-rationalist who'll scream like a girl and run from anything he can't immediately explain. more

The result is a bit of a mess: sometimes delightful, sometimes tedious, always creative. more

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