The Brothers Grimsby

Paramount Pictures | Release Date: March 11, 2016

6.0	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 201 Ratings

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podriscoll27May 26, 2016

An apalling waste of money. Fails on every level. The characters barely qualify as clichés. The plot is weak, painfully predictable. And the action and humour are derivitive at best. Avoid.

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DonMegaMay 30, 2016

I don't mind vulgur movies but this one went overboard on some things. Which I wouldn't mind if it was funny but the problem is it wasn't. There are some parts that will make you laugh but overall the movie is ridiculous. Cohen's worst movie.

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csw12Jun 3, 2016

A mostly unfunny disgusting film that is lazy and probably has the most vile scene ever in a movie......................................................

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YorkManJun 18, 2016

Terrible film.... Baron Cohen offers up nothing original and just uses the (lame) narrative to throw in as many jokes about sex, or offer up never ending amounts of extremely offensive stereotyping...
If you like the idea of 2 men hidingTerrible film.... Baron Cohen offers up nothing original and just uses the (lame) narrative to throw in as many jokes about sex, or offer up never ending amounts of extremely offensive stereotyping...
If you like the idea of 2 men hiding inside an elephant's vagina to evade the bad guys but, before they can get/climb out, they find themselves trying to avoid an elephant's penis..... Before getting covered in a gallon of elephant ejaculate.... Yes, it's that level of humour folks, and you'll probably be laughing all the way through the entire movie.
Myself.... I don't find that amusing, nor am I offended by the other 'edgy' jokes which intersperse the film... However, I dislike cheap-shots masquerading as humour, especially when you have seen what Baron Cohen has been able to do in his earlier films.… Expand

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DC_MovieCriticMar 20, 2016

The spy action was just okay. But as a comedy, you would expect more coming from the comedy side.
The comedy was plain disgusting unless you like homosexual ball sucking (tea bagging), elephant sex, elephant sperm shooting, and elephantThe spy action was just okay. But as a comedy, you would expect more coming from the comedy side.
The comedy was plain disgusting unless you like homosexual ball sucking (tea bagging), elephant sex, elephant sperm shooting, and elephant trains being run on one female elephant. Also if you enjoy anal destruction this might be for you from a humor standpoint. I wouldn't have even rented this flop of a movie.… Expand

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NerdConsultantMar 11, 2016

this film is a truly disgusting comedy with very few redeeming features. there's about 3 or 4 funny jokes, that's it. the rest is disgusting gross out humour that will make you groan and sigh more than laugh or in the worst case make you wantthis film is a truly disgusting comedy with very few redeeming features. there's about 3 or 4 funny jokes, that's it. the rest is disgusting gross out humour that will make you groan and sigh more than laugh or in the worst case make you want to throw up in your popcorn and the action scenes are so poorly shot that you will have no idea what is actually happening. i will never be able to look at an elephant the same again after this movie and the cast is truly wasted. easily Baren Coen's worst character and his worst movie to date… Expand

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ScarlettMiNov 23, 2016

I can enjoy stupid comedy and gross-out comedy and mindless action. I've got some pretty bad movies that I can still have fun with. But this? This was just a horrible movie on every level. This movie is the collective career low-point ofI can enjoy stupid comedy and gross-out comedy and mindless action. I've got some pretty bad movies that I can still have fun with. But this? This was just a horrible movie on every level. This movie is the collective career low-point of everyone involved. Sometimes a movie can be so bad that it's actually kind of fun to watch or there's at least something diverting enough about it to find something to enjoy. That's not the case here.

This is the worst movie I've seen this year, and I haven't been particularly discriminating in what movies I've watched.… Expand

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juliankennedy23Jan 30, 2017

Sacha Baron Cohen can be very hit and miss. When he hits he can be brilliant such as his Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan and when he misses? Well, we have Bruno.

In the non-mockumentarySacha Baron Cohen can be very hit and miss. When he hits he can be brilliant such as his Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan and when he misses? Well, we have Bruno.

In the non-mockumentary category The Dictator was a fairly fun and a surprisingly funny romp and now we have the follow-up miss. The Brothers Grimsby is simply awful. Cohen and his clan of characters are so utterly unlikeable and the gross-out jokes so forced it simply is painful to watch.

Gross out comedy can work. Borat’s naked wrestling scene is one of the funniest things I have ever seen. That movie earned its gross-out scene which came from the characters interactions. This movie forces ridiculous scenario after ridiculous scenario in a bizarre game of one-upmanship.

As for the characters. Well, the idea of James Bond having an incompetent simpleton brother following him around has good comedic potential. Cohen’s character and those he surrounds himself with are simply unlikable and not a group one want to spend any time around.

Sentimental about the classless freeloading scum and gross beyond the point of funny The Brothers Grimsley is a chore to even watch.… Expand

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DannydoggNov 20, 2016

Pathetic. Sad. Boring.Desperate and hopefully career ending for Baron Cohen. Mark Strong is great but this is so,so unfunny it's embarrassing. Bring back Borate please.

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amheretojudgeSep 12, 2019

A completely wrong film on all levels, hey, that's an achievement.

The Brothers Grimsby Louis Leterrier is an experienced action director. There is no action in this film. None. Usually whenever I dive in on Sacha Baron Cohen's maniacalA completely wrong film on all levels, hey, that's an achievement.

The Brothers Grimsby

Louis Leterrier is an experienced action director. There is no action in this film. None. Usually whenever I dive in on Sacha Baron Cohen's maniacal film, I try and give him the credit at first. But now that he doesn't have his home team in his pocket. I could see the effect that it casts him and us, investing in this film. The project is light, lazy and effortful. Light as in the jokes are staged- just as the loud and cheesy elements that might help the characters later- and can actually be seen far before it punches, by then it is not funny. It is disappointing. Lazy, as in you'd think that the humor that he has based his fame on would evolve in say.. I don't know, a decade!

Effortful as in, at the end of the day, Sacha is a witty comedian and he understands that it is not working and hence all the sketchy sequences reeks of desperation. Desperation to pull off something inedible, offensive, out of the box and just straight out wrong. Another thing I cannot stop myself from noticing was the cast. Sacha has got a big cast. He is a big name. He has a responsibility under his name and peer pressure to respect his fame.

And no, it has not made him sober, he is still high on his dark humorous vocab that made him who he is. But there is something definitely missing, that I cannot put my finger on. He is unstable, surely and incredibly dutiful on passing a major theme. Speaking of which, usually the crass jokes are weighed in by a nuanced eye opening message. But in this espionage comic thriller, even that too is missing. The Brothers Grimsby looks like a tell tale of his, Sacha's, own filmography, I'd rather go back to Borat who was so 2006.… Expand

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Supernerd75Jan 27, 2021

Truly an awful unfunny waste of time I will never get back. Watch only if you think this window on modern Britain is funny. I'll save you time, it isn't. Absolute steaming pile of elephant jokes. I wouldn't make my worst enemy watch this.Truly an awful unfunny waste of time I will never get back. Watch only if you think this window on modern Britain is funny. I'll save you time, it isn't. Absolute steaming pile of elephant jokes. I wouldn't make my worst enemy watch this. Avoid. Sacha Baron Cohen just isn't as funny as he thinks he is.… Expand

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