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The Brothers Grimm

  • 5.9 /10

  • 2720

  • 38%

Plot

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.

Cast

Matt Damon as Wilhelm Grimm
Matt Damon

as Wilhelm Grimm

Heath Ledger as Jacob Grimm
Heath Ledger

as Jacob Grimm

Lena Headey as Angelika
Lena Headey

as Angelika

Peter Stormare as Cavaldi
Peter Stormare

as Cavaldi

Monica Bellucci as Mirror Queen
Monica Bellucci

as Mirror Queen

Mackenzie Crook as Hidlick
Mackenzie Crook

as Hidlick

Jonathan Pryce as Delatombe
Jonathan Pryce

as Delatombe

Richard Ridings as Bunst
Richard Ridings

as Bunst

Barbara Lukešová as Mother Grimm
Barbara Lukešová

as Mother Grimm

Movie Facts

Rated

  • PG-13

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • August 26, 2005

Production Companies

  • Summit Entertainment

  • Atlas Entertainment

  • Mosaic Media Group

  • Dimension Films

  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

  • Daniel Bobker Productions

Production Countries

  • United Kingdom

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

  • Français

  • Deutsch

  • Italiano

Budget

  • $88,000,000.00

Revenue

  • $105,300,000.00

Runtime

  • 1.97 hrs

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Reviews

Does 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 men…

Well 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" (Ma…