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Brothers Grimm, The (2005) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Brothers Grimm, The (2005) a score of 2.4898 out of 4

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Excellent

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(231)

Good

(101)

Fair

(24)

Poor

(1)

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Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)

The primary reason the Europeans sound so interesting in their recent ventures into American action cinema is because of their intellectual use of each section of the orchestra, as well as their staggered rhythmic and key structures. Even the...read the complete Brothers Grimm, The (2005) review at Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)

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Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)

Instead, we're given a glimpse of potential themes -- Damon and Ledger display a dynamic that, at many times, felt all too familiar as the push-and-pull of the bond of brotherly love. Exasperation with one of your closest kin comes from deep concern for...read the complete Brothers Grimm, The (2005) review at Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)

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The Hollywood Reporter (Kirk Honeycutt)

Hugely ambitious but often failing to live up to those ambitions, Terry Gilliam's long-awaited The Brothers Grimm emerges as a folkloric adventure that intermittently entertains....read the complete Brothers Grimm, The (2005) review at The Hollywood Reporter (Kirk Honeycutt)

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Dallas Observer (Robert Wilonsky)

It's easily the ugliest film Gilliam's ever made, a movie shot with a lens someone forgot to wipe. It's also his loudest: Every scene is amped up to 11, and every line of dialogue is delivered as though it's a cry for help from the bottom of the well....read the complete Brothers Grimm, The (2005) review at Dallas Observer (Robert Wilonsky)

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WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)

If you are a long lost relative of the Grimm family, I encourage you to sue because Terry Gilliam has left a stain on your family�s name that can�t be erased with OxyClean....read the complete Brothers Grimm, The (2005) review at WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)

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