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The Brothers Grimm

"Eliminating Evil Since 1812."

2005-08-26 Adventure 1hr 58m

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.

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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.

  • Released
    2005-08-26
  • Revenue
    $105,300,000
  • Budget
    $88,000,000
  • Runtime
    1hr 58m
  • Genre
    Adventure, Fantasy, Action, Comedy, Thriller
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English, Français, Deutsch, Italiano
  • imdb-logo
    5.9
  • Production
    Summit Entertainment, Atlas Entertainment, Mosaic Media Group, Dimension Films, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Daniel Bobker Productions

Crew

Terry Gilliam
Director
Ehren Kruger
Screenplay
Charles Roven
Producer
Keywords:
sibling relationship germany literature brothers grimm con artist historical fiction aftercreditsstinger 19th century fake exorcism

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Cast

Matt Damon

Matt Damon
Wilhelm Grimm
Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger
Jacob Grimm
Lena Headey

Lena Headey
Angelika
Peter Stormare

Peter Stormare
Cavaldi
Monica Bellucci

Monica Bellucci
Mirror Queen
Mackenzie Crook

Mackenzie Crook
Hidlick
Roger Ashton-Griffiths

Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Mayor
Jonathan Pryce

Jonathan Pryce
Delatombe
Richard Ridings

Richard Ridings
Bunst
Barbara Lukešová

Barbara Lukešová
Mother Grimm
Petr Ratimec

Petr Ratimec
Young Will
Anna Rust

Anna Rust
Sister Grimm
Jeremy Robson

Jeremy Robson
Young Jacob
Radim Kalvoda

Radim Kalvoda
Gendarme
Martin Hofmann

Martin Hofmann
Gendarme
Josef Pepa Nos

Josef Pepa Nos
German War Veteran
Harry Gilliam

Harry Gilliam
Stable Boy
Miroslav Táborský

Miroslav Táborský
Old Miller
Marika Procházková

Marika Procházková
Miller's Daughter
Tomáš Hanák

Tomáš Hanák
Woodsman
Martin Kavan

Martin Kavan
Delatombe's Valet
Alena Jakobová

Alena Jakobová
Red Hooded Girl
Dana Dohnalova

Dana Dohnalova
Twin Sister
Petra Dohnalova

Petra Dohnalova
Twin Sister
Audrey Hamm

Audrey Hamm
Traveler
Annika Murjahn

Annika Murjahn
Traveler
Eva Reiterová

Eva Reiterová
Serving Wench
Denisa Vokurkova

Denisa Vokurkova
Greta
Hanuš Bor

Hanuš Bor
Twins' Father
Ota Filip

Ota Filip
Tavern Owner
Lukáš Bech

Lukáš Bech
Barman
Julian Bleach

Julian Bleach
Letorc
Bruce MacEwen

Bruce MacEwen
Dax
Jan Unger

Jan Unger
Gregor
František Velecký

František Velecký
Old Crone
Laura Greenwood

Laura Greenwood
Sasha
Drahomíra Fialková

Drahomíra Fialková
Grandmother
Jana Radojčičová

Jana Radojčičová
Angry Woman
Petr Vršek

Petr Vršek
The King
Denisa Malinovska

Denisa Malinovska
Young Angelika
Bara Rudlova

Bara Rudlova
Angelika's Sister
Andrea Milackova

Andrea Milackova
Angelika's Sister
Daniela Kubickova

Daniela Kubickova
Angelika's Sister
Hedvika Sochurková

Hedvika Sochurková
Angelika's Sister
Veronika Loulova

Veronika Loulova
Elsie
Věra Uzelacová

Věra Uzelacová
Elsie's Mother
Simona Vcalová

Simona Vcalová
Elsie's Mother
Julie Venhauerova

Julie Venhauerova
Goose Girl
Deborah Hyde

Deborah Hyde
Corpse Queen
Václav Chalupa

Václav Chalupa
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Jiri Krejcir

Jiri Krejcir
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Kamila Bruderova

Kamila Bruderova
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Tomas Liska

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A Review by GenerationofSwine 10

Written by GenerationofSwine on 2023-01-12

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. ... read more

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 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... wink wink nudge nudge, if you know what I mean. The only real draw back is that Damon doesn't seem to fit in his role, and he doesn't really seem to fit in a Gilliam film...but surprisingly Ledger seems perfectly at home in that kind of world and you get the sense that he enjoyed acting the part as much as you are enjoying watching him act the part. And then here and there you get a joke, a sight gag, a little hint that reminds you that, yeah, Gilliam was in Python wasn't he? That's something that you'd see in the Flying Circus shoved in there. Almost to the point where you can't but stop and wonder if he was channeling Idle or Chapman for some of the dialogue and physical humor. It's a Gilliam film, made for adults, with Warner Brothers Cartoon violence. It's trippy and fun and it might not be your cup of tea, but I loved it.

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A Review by Geronimo1967 6

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2024-08-12

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 gri... read more

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" (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. Where are the sprogs? Well to save their necks, the not so dynamic duo have to deal with a seriously malevolent and fantastic foe in the "Mirror Queen" (the sparingly used Monica Bellucci) who wants to take over the world kind of thing. What now ensues are a series of typical Gilliam-esque escapades using a mediaeval backdrop to facilitate the borderline slapstick antics of the siblings trying to save their bacon. At times it is quite amusing offering some enjoyable parodies of established fairy tales, and the script does deliver a few entertaining quips as we go along but it seems unsure just who it's for. There's some darkness and good, old-fashioned, evil - but not enough of that. It's as if it was trying to be scary but hadn't quite the courage (to settle for a higher age rating, maybe?). As it is, it falls between two stools leaving us with an undercooked and overlong, slightly repetitious, series of frying pan to fire scenarios that even the engaging Ledger can't spin out for two hours. Damon doesn't really add much and Pryce is just in uniformed ham mode through his brief appearances. If you know the works of the brothers, it will make much more sense and some of it's observations about superstitions and the society in which the peasantry and gentry lived are quite witty, but they are all to often lost in a sea of mediocrity.

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A Review by GenerationofSwine

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 ...

reviewer avatar

A Review by GenerationofSwine 10

Written by GenerationofSwine on 2023-01-12

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...

read more
reviewer avatar

A Review by Geronimo1967 6

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2024-08-12

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-...

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