A welcome change from the bland remakes and sequels that have cluttered up the multi-plexes this summer.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 31, 2021

Gilliam's feverish and fabulous visions for what he hopes to capture on film seem impractical and a little mad at times.

Full Review | Feb 28, 2020

Wide-eyed, messy, lustrous, rich with enchantment, both giddy and perverse

Full Review | Sep 1, 2009

The only redeeming feature is the hope that [director Terry Gilliam's] salary from The Brothers Grimm,/i> will help him set up a good, old-fashioned Gilliam film, in the tradition of his excellent early work.

Full Review | May 12, 2009

The movie feels thoroughly like a project Gilliam did halfheartedly, just to stay in the game.

Full Review | Original Score: D | Aug 11, 2007

A disjointed, ear-splitting, visually-jarring, mirthless exercise in pandemonium that director Terry Gilliam tries to pass off as family entertainment.

Full Review | Original Score: 0/4 | Jul 16, 2007

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 14, 2007

everyone involved in the production appears to have become lost in the dark woods, hoping somehow to find their way out with an incoherent trail of compromises.

Full Review | Jul 2, 2007

As magical as classic fairy tales may seem to be, a winking Gilliam is out to prove here that to a profoundly superstitious, stressed out early 19th century world, those legends were as frighteningly real as any documentary or even reality show today.

Full Review | Apr 19, 2007

It's hard to imagine whom the filmmakers had in mind for this lavish production.

Full Review | Mar 1, 2007

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 1, 2006

It's a slog, an out-of-control fantasy that's strangely unenchanting and, in the end, rather tiresome.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Feb 7, 2006

Una aventura cómica y liviana, que se beneficia de la imaginación visual del director Terry Gilliam.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 17, 2006

There is much in this film to admire, but it goes by too fast and the story is almost incomprehensible. There is certainly enchantment here, but the story does not do much to hold it together.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/10 | Dec 20, 2005

The movie is at least twice as good as most people say it is and about half as good as we'd all hoped it would be.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | Dec 15, 2005

Looks great, but less filling.

Full Review | Original Score: C | Dec 8, 2005

Perfect family entertainment and undoubtedly well worth seeing, but somewhat of a let down.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 6, 2005

... on the whole, The Brothers Grimm is a mess ...

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 6, 2005

...it's just not as magical as you might have first thought.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 2, 2005

...darkly amusing, often entertaining and overwhelmingly bizarre. Ultimately, the film gets bogged down in its own adventurous aspirations, although it looks a treat with splendid production design and fantastic effects.

Full Review | Nov 18, 2005