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The Brothers Grimm (DVD) 
The Brothers Grimm (DVD)

 
The Brothers Grimm (DVD)

Product ID: EPID51180134
Description: 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...
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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. Gilliam has once again built a unique, entertaining land where anything can happen, and he throws in references to such Grimm tales as Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella, Rapunzel, and the Frog Prince for good measure. The movie also features Mackenzie Crook and Richard Ridings as the Grimms' cohorts, Monica Bellucci as the Mirror Queen, and Julian Bleach and Bruce McEwan as two of Cavaldi's henchmen.

Credits
Producer:Charles Roven, Daniel Bobker
Score Composer:Dario Marinelli

Editorial Reviews
With dazzling, inspired imagery of the grotesque-caricature, lyrical-fairy-tale, and harrowing-nightmare variety, sometimes all at once.
Premiere

It's Gilliam's chance to run amok, and watching him do it is eye-popping fun
Rolling Stone

Visually fantastic and very enjoyable
The Independent

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  The Brothers GRIMM
Review created: 20/03/06
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7 of 12 people found this review helpful.

What a raw, I have never watched something so bizarre in my entire life, talk about fairly tales gone wrong.

Two brothers decide that their way of making money is by travelling around, telling people their towns are haunted, or under spells, when of course they are not. They come up with darft ideas to convince them, so the towns folk pay them to remove the evil. They record the things as they go along, in a story book.

Only thing is they get to one town, only to find that it is under a spell, with an enchanted forest, and strange goings on. Children from fairly tales go missing, like those from Hansel and gretal, little red riding hood, the frog princess, and many more. Not to mention the spider eating horse, the frog that needs licking for directions. A ginger bread boy, that likes the taste of himself, and a child thats swollowed by a horse, and one that loses his face.

Well if that didn't convince you that this film was completely bonkers, then what can I say, apart from it is a touch slow in areas, but very weird. It's worth watching, and can be quite amusing, as well as a little jumpy, but I probably wouldn't buy it.


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