The Brothers Grimm

GenerationofSwine★10

3y ago

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 …

Geronimo1967★6

2y ago

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 grande…

misubisu

8d ago

**Score: 7/10 A Flawed But Fascinating Gilliam Curiosity That Deserves a Second Look** It's not Gilliam's best work, but it does get a bum wrap \[that is not entirely deserved\]. *The Brothers Grimm* arrives with all the ingredients of a Terry Gilliam masterpiece a fantastical premise, a rich historical backdrop, a cast of eccentric characters, and a director known for his singular visual imagination. What emerges is a messy, uneven, but genuinely entertaining film that …