Director Terry Gilliam, who brought his magical storytelling talents to such films as Time Bandits and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, sets his sights on the Brothers Grimm, turning their life into a playfully grim fairy tale all its own. Set in early 18th Century French-occupied Germany, The Brothers Grimm stars Matt Damon .. Read more
| Starring | Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Lena Headey, Julian Bleach |
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| Director | Terry Gilliam |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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Director Terry Gilliam, who brought his magical storytelling talents to such films as Time Bandits and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, sets his sights on the Brothers Grimm, turning their life into a playfully grim fairy tale all its own. Set in early 18th Century French-occupied Germany, The Brothers Grimm stars Matt Damon as Will Grimm and Heath Ledger as Jake Grimm, siblings who travel the countryside as snake-oil salesmen, convincing unsuspecting towns that they are haunted and agreeing to get rid of the demons for a price. In the meantime, they set their tales down in writing, creating a wealth of oddball, offbeat, and frightening characters. But after they are caught by General Delatombe (Jonathan Pryce) and his sidekick, Cavaldi (Peter Stormare), they are sent to the tiny village of Marbaden to solve the mysterious disappearance of a number of young girls, placing them in the middle of a fantasy world unlike any they'd ever invented. They enlist the help of a peasant woman, Angelika (Lena Headey), and they set off for the evil forest to save the lives of the girls and themselves.
| Starring | Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Lena Headey, Julian Bleach, Bruce McEwan, Peter Stormare, Monica Bellucci, Jonathan Pryce, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Mackenzie Crook, Richard Ridings |
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| Director | Terry Gilliam |
| Studio | WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 54 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 54 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Dubbed | Italian |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English, Italian |
| Released | Production year: 2005 To Rent: DVD: 13 Mar 2006 Blu-ray: 12 Nov 2007 |
With dazzling, inspired imagery of the grotesque-caricature, lyrical-fairy-tale, and harrowing-nightmare variety, sometimes all at once.
Disappointing
I was really looking forward to seeing this film, it had a lot of promise, unfortunately however I found the result really quite disappointing. Don't get ... read more »
Weird lol
Weird, that is how i would describe this film, but then it is one of Terry Gilliams so that would make sense.
It had a strong cast, and picking out ... read more »
Good Gilliam
Terry Gilliam is very good at what he does and this is good enough. It's fun! It quite cleverly romps through the rather deranged world of Grimm fairy ... read more »
Classic Gilliam
I can't understand those who didn't enjoy this, maybe you have a taste for Gilliam's style.
I thought the story romped along very ... read more »