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Grimsby

2016 Directed by Louis Leterrier

Behind every hero is an embarrassing sibling

Wrongfully accused and on the run, a top MI6 assassin joins forces with his long-lost, football hooligan brother to save the world from a sinister plot.

Sacha Baron Cohen Mark Strong Isla Fisher Rebel Wilson Penélope Cruz Ian McShane Annabelle Wallis Scott Adkins Gabourey Sidibe David Harewood Sam Hazeldine Tamsin Egerton Johnny Vegas Alex Lanipekun Eileen Davies Rory Keenan Zak Sutcliffe Nick Boraine Lex Shrapnel John Thomson Ricky Tomlinson Barkhad Abdi Peter Baynham Rebecca Front Miles Jupp Sam Redford Ed Sheeran Jamie B. Chambers

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Review by Buddy O ★★★★

Holy fuck I couldn't stop laughing.

Between the HIV Harry Potter jokes and elephant semen it kept me entertained throughout.
Review by davidehrlich ★★½ 4

a return to the glory days of gross-out comedy. a lot falls flat, but the poop / elephant combo is the formative stuff of legend. my youth had jim carrey climbing out of a rhino's ass. today's kids have... well, no spoilers, but you wouldn't believe me if i told you.

anyway, here's my interview with Sacha Baron Cohen
Review by SilentDawn ★★★ 4

55/100

The Ace Ventura spy spinoff we never received. Has an all-time comedy shock moment within its runtime, but there's a lot of fun to be had here overall.
Review by Matt Singer ★★★ 1

I laughed so hard at this, and I feel so terrible about it.

(Full review at ScreenCrush.)
Review by Jaime Rebanal ★ 9

It's been a long while since a movie actually managed to make me physically sick, but Grimsby (known as The Brothers Grimsby in some areas) succeeded in doing so. At its best, Grimsby is a rather boring film, but at its very worst, the lowbrow humour is enough to put off a viewer like myself not only as it was utterly stupid, but the imagery was absolutely disgusting and it's the sort of crassness that leaves me madder as the film keeps going on. Even at only 82 minutes, Grimsby's display of poor taste is enough to leave one angered at all of its pointlessness, it's embarrassing.

Sacha Baron Cohen is a man whose comedy I can find entertaining when…
Review by Mike D'Angelo ★★½ 4

45/100

Las Vegas Weekly review. Didn't laugh at the outrageous genitalia humor, but did laugh at Mark Strong maintaining his stonily serious expression throughout all of the outrageous genitalia humor, as if he's genuinely in a shitty Bond ripoff.

Recent reviews

Review by Cameron McDermott ★★★★

Liked it a lot more than I thought I would. The poison "extraction" scene had me in hysterics.
Review by Crityrion ★★

So turns out if you’re hiding inside an elephant’s vagina the male elephant having intercourse with her is likely to get his mess all over you. For that, thank Sacha Baron Cohen, the creator of Ali G, Borat and Bruno who is never shy about comedy involving bodily fluids, especially if used to diss a culture of hypocrisy. Cohen has seldom been as raunchy as he is in The Brothers Grimsby, but the scathing satire he’s known for is missing.

Cohen, who co-wrote the script, isn’t working in his usual mode of mockumentary in which he gets real people to expose their real prejudices. Grimsby is a narrative comedy. Cohen is Nobby Butcher, a football-obsessed wanker from the dead-end town…
Review by Ludvig Gur ★★★½

THAT scene was the most bizarre thing I've seen in a studio film since THAT moment in Freddy Got Fingered.

Hilarious.

68/100
Review by Jack ★★★½

Childishly vulgar at times but a fun little movie.
Review by Ali Churchill ★★

I knew this film was going to be silly but I think it just took it too far; it was more silly and stupid than it needed to be. It might have even ruined Mark Strong as an actor for me, if it wasn't for his pretty good performance despite what he was given to work with. I also like the English background and some of the humour was pretty funny. I still think that Louis Leterrier is a good director but this is easily his worst film.

Overall, a ridiculously stupid film that had the potential to be much better.

Score: 40/100
Review by Jacob Wilson ★★★

A real mixed bag. Some incredibly funny scenes, and some needlessly grotesque ones. Odd ups and downs, but an enjoyable watch.
Review by Noah Wilson ★★½

I mean, what is there to say?
Review by KotaLee ★★½

Not great by any means but definitely alright.
Review by Jacob ½

I refuse to believe the people making this thought any of the jokes are actually funny...