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Tue, Dec 20, 2005
Brothers Grimm (2005)
The Movie:
A troubled Miramax production that was delayed for about a year, Terry Gilliam's "Brothers Grimm" is another signature Gilliam effort; while flawed and not one of the director's best, it's still an occasionally engaging and very surreal tale. The film stars the interesting pairing of Matt Damon and Heath Ledger as the Brothers of the title, who go around 1700's Germany building fairly elaborate fake scares in order to spook villagers who will call on them to rid their little towns of evil.
However, Delatombe (Jonathan Pryce) catches on to the Grimm game and sends them to solve (or else!) the disappearance of children (including Little Red Riding Hood) in a small village. They're sent along with one of Delatombe's henchmen (Peter Stormare) into the nearby forest which, oddly enough, happens to be actually haunted. Will (Matt Damon) remarks on how impressive the "... Read the entire review
Brothers Grimm (2005)