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51 out of 100

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5.3 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 60 Ratings

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  • Starring: Heath Ledger, Matt Damon
  • Summary: The adventures of legendary fairytale scribes Will and Jake Grimm, two brothers who travel around the Napoleonic countryside vanquishing monsters and demons in exchange for quick money. But when the French authorities figure out their scheme, the con men are forced to contend with a real magical curse when they enter an enchanted forest where young maidens keep disappearing under mysterious circumstances. (Miramax)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 36
  3. Negative: 5 out of 36
  1. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    100
    Gilliam has rarely been more inventive, energetic, or just plain funny.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Kirk Honeycutt
    60
    Hugely ambitious but often failing to live up to those ambitions, Terry Gilliam's long-awaited The Brothers Grimm emerges as a folkloric adventure that intermittently entertains.
  3. Charlotte Observer
    Reviewed by: Lawrence Toppman
    38
    The film seems almost intentionally bad in most ways, as if Gilliam were expressing a suicide wish for his directing career.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 32
  3. Negative: 12 out of 32
  1. CodyP.
    10
    This movie is TIGHT!!!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. jimmytancredi
    5
    For those who likes Grimms is good, for those who don't like them is a kinda boring. I think the story showed by a sensational way the fancy world of brothers Grimms.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. CraigA
    3
    Looks good, when not let down by dodgy cheap SFX, but ultimately a mess.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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