The Brothers Grimm
The Brothers Grimm, Wilhelm and Jacob, are dysfunctional schemers who go from town to town putting on shows that convince inhabitants they are getting rid of demons. After one such scam, they encounter a genuine fairy-tale curse which requires true courage instead of their usual bogus exorcisms.
3 April 1988, London, England, UK
9 November 1959, Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
28 February 1923, Púchov, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]
19 April 1978, Freiburg, Germany
27 November 1972, Praha, Czechoslovakia
27 March 1957, Kremnica, Czechoslovakia [now Slovak Republic]
12 July 1974, Prague, Czechoslovakia
19 January 1957, Hertfordshire, England, UK
31 March 1978, Ceské Budejovice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
29 December 1963, Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK
22 June 1962, Prague, Czech Republic
1991, England, UK
30 September 1964, Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy
11 October 1946, Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
8 October 1932, Senica nad Myjavou, Czechoslovakia
19 April 1973, Vsetín, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
8 October 1970, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
August 11, 2007
The movie feels thoroughly like a project Gilliam did halfheartedly, just to stay in the game.July 16, 2007
A disjointed, ear-splitting, visually-jarring, mirthless exercise in pandemonium that director Terry Gilliam tries to pass off as family entertainment.July 02, 2007
everyone involved in the production appears to have become lost in the dark woods, hoping somehow to find their way out with an incoherent trail of compromises.September 01, 2009
Wide-eyed, messy, lustrous, rich with enchantment, both giddy and perverseAugust 26, 2005
Jammed with stuff and all but empty of drama.November 07, 2012
At times this fanciful romp lurches uneasily between violence, slapstick comedy and sublime escapism - in other words, it's pure Gilliam.August 26, 2005
The best thing to be said about this expensive but drab wannabe mirthmaker is that it has some of its director's quirky touches.August 29, 2005
It's kind of cold and it's kind of a mess, but I thought it was a glorious mess and it looks so great and it is so interesting and there is so much going on that I have to recommend it on a very mild level.May 12, 2009
The only redeeming feature is the hope that [director Terry Gilliam's] salary from The Brothers Grimm,/i> will help him set up a good, old-fashioned Gilliam film, in the tradition of his excellent early work.August 26, 2005
This time, Gilliam's storytelling is even more convoluted than his bookkeeping.August 26, 2005
The result is something that might best be called Monty Python and the Holy Mess.August 29, 2005
The Brothers Grimm has enough haunting, fairy-tale imagery for 10 movies, but no emotional kick to drive those images home.