The film was enjoyable enough when it came out/when I was fifteen. But the main thing was that this film had a PG-13 rating, whereas another film that came out at about the same time was rated R because it had a harmless nude scene or perhaps sex scene in it. I was astounded that the sex wasn't okay for kids, but a rather realistically portrayed severed head (or was it two severed heads?) is fair game.

Quite entertaining, really. The visuals are fantastic, very beautiful, although a few of the CGI effects appear dated. The story is a total chaos but gets better, more focused, after about midways. The acting/dialogue is fine, with Peter Stormare hamming it up to 11. Very much a typical Gilliam movie.

This weaker Terry Gilliam effort would be a major film on just about anybody else’s resume. I enjoyed much of it despite the dimly lit sets and the chaotic editing (which was on par with most Gilliam films). The leads are great and fit perfectly in the period. Not so much with Lena Headey. Gilliam’s films are usually about childhood and fantasy struggling to survive in the age of reason, but here the opposite is the case, which might be what soured so many critics. The costumes were great but the effects are second rate, and the whole thing felt like old-fashioned moviemaking (in the bad way). Ten years too late. As awful as it is, Sleepy Hollow does the same things much better, but I’ll take Gilliam over Tim Burton any day. Script by Ehren Kruger (The Ring, Skeleton Key, Reindeer Games)

Another film that I was unaware of Terry Gilliam's involvement. I saw this one in the theaters w my wife. I remember enjoying it. Reminded me a bit of A Knight's Tale but a bit darker.

Teilweise ganz nette Ideen, aber teilweise auch langweilig und teils echt miesen Effekten.

I don’t know what the real Brothers Grimm would have thought about The Brothers Grimm. They’d probably be pleased their stories lasted so long, and hopefully would be amused at the idea that they themselves were turned into a story. It’s a fitting enough tribute; the film is as dark and entertaining as anything the Grimms themselves ever put to page. Read full review

This is a fairly enjoyable yarn that does a good job of transporting the eponymous anti-heros from callous child killing bean smugglers to charming demon fighting idiots. The female interest pouts fiercely, but then the character lurches from vivacious to victim at the drop of helmet. Jonathon Pryce's general seems to inexplicably lose his battalion of men which annoyed me, but at least everybody lived happily ever after... or did they?

Terry Gilliam’s ‘The Brothers Grimm’ is nothing more than a great fairy tale. A modern fairy tale though, with its traditional fantasy aspects, an appealing cinematography and some humorous moments in the middle. It turns out to be an interesting approach of the life of the Grimm brothers. Matt Damon and Heath Ledger perform really well together.

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