The Brothers Grimm
Miramax Films | Release Date: August 26, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 36 Critic Reviews
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13
Mixed:
18
Negative:
5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Gilliam has rarely been more inventive, energetic, or just plain funny. Read full review
80
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
This brisk, free-falling fantasy about the famous collators of German fairy tales, played here as a kind of comedy act by Matt Damon and Heath Ledger, is Terry Gilliam's most entertaining work since the glory days of "Time Bandits," "Brazil," "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen," and "The Fisher King." Read full review
80
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
Just as fabulously cartoon-Gothic as "Sleepy Hollow." Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalJim Fusilli
A wildly wondrous reinvention of the story of the chroniclers of dark, occasionally horrific, child-pleasing fairy tales.
75
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
It's a barrage of visual stimulation so excessive that it's hard to sort it all out. But it's often funny, its texture can be breathtaking and its pleasures likely will grow with repeated viewings. Read full review
75
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
The result is minor Gilliam: still more engaging than most moviemaking, but nonetheless a letdown after such a long wait. Read full review
75
Rolling StonePeter Travers
If you're a Gilliam junkie, as I am, you go with it, even when the script by Ehren Kruger (The Skeleton Key) loses its shaky hold on coherence. Read full review
75
PremiereGlenn Kenny
In the end it's still Gilliam Lite, but Gilliam Lite is better than no Gilliam at all. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Damon, an underrated comic actor, is particularly good as an ultra-rationalist who'll scream like a girl and run from anything he can't immediately explain. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
The result is a bit of a mess: sometimes delightful, sometimes tedious, always creative. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy Burr
An absurd mess that's more entertaining than it has any right to be. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
Sorry, but the real Grimms did a whole lot more with a great deal less. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
If The Brothers Grimm flies apart like a badly designed airplane (and it does), it still has more going for it than most of the movie fare this summer. Read full review
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