The Brothers Grimm was extremely disappointing. I love Terry Gilliam movies, so I was excited to see this, but there is very little Terry Gilliam-like about this film. The jokes (although constantly attempted) are never funny, and the script in general needs some serious help. The movie starts out well enough with the Brothers Grimm as con-artists, duping townspeople into paying a small fortune to have a witch vanquished. It could have been a very good movie if it continued along this path. Instead, it degenerates into a plot of loosely thrown together bits of fairy tails and amateurish acting. The whole tough-girl-who-knows-what-she's-doing-but-still-needs-to-be-rescued thing with "the Cursed" is so played out and tired that it's almost sad. And the townspeople call her "the Cursed" because her father and sisters were killed? That hardly warrants spitting after saying her name (another tired joke)!!! The worst is saved for last with a happy ending that is SO not out of a Grimm fairy tale. It makes you wonder... has anyone working on this movie actually read any of the Brother's Grimm's work? Or did they just see the Disney version?
Review of The Brothers Grimm
