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Terry GilliamScenario:
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Newton Thomas SigelMuziek:
Dario MarianelliActeurs:
Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Jonathan Pryce, Lena Headey, Peter Stormare, Monica Bellucci, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Tomáš Hanák, Miroslav Táborský, Jan Unger (meer)Samenvattingen(1)
Jake en William Grimm vormen een doortrapt duo. Samen trekken ze van stad tot stad om de inwoners te beschermen tegen (niet bestaande) behekste wezens en vloeken, uiteraard in ruil voor geld. Wanneer de Franse overheid lucht krijgt van hun duistere praktijken wil ze de kennis van de broers inzetten bij het oplossen van een aantal dubieuze verdwijningen. De gebroeders Grimm zijn echter totaal niet voorbereid op het serieuze werk. De echte vloeken en monsters waar ze nu mee te maken krijgen, zijn compleet onbekend. Noodgedwongen moeten hun leugens plaats maken voor het echte werk, maar of ze dat ook echt in de vingers hebben...? (RCV Film Distribution)
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The Brothers Grimm is a thoroughly routine historical fairy tale with nothing surprising or interesting about it. The film has a dark tone underscored by the gothic sets and busy camerawork, but in conceptual terms, it is overshadowed by Burton’s Sleepy Hollow. The characters and the story are mediocre with no ambition to be anything more than that. If this were a purely Czech film, I would say that we can equal Hollywood. But as it’s a big-budget Hollywood production directed by the otherwise always innovative and distinctive Terry Gilliam...no way.
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This decadent fairy tale-non-fairy tale, set against the dark backdrop of a mysterious forest and a black-humored story proves that as Terry Gilliam grew older, it was as if he was entering his filmmaking adolescence and his only goal was to provoke. However, the film provokes cleverly, boldly, and entertainingly all at the same time, so anyone who has even an ounce of flair for a slightly "different" narrative will certainly enjoy at least the divine Peter Stormare, and as a bonus will be given one little white kitten!
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Though the subject seemed woefully Gilliamian, its processing into a worn and uninteresting script with extraordinary consistency filtered out everything that went beyond the first plan. Gilliam was left with a visually engaging but desperately empty narrative about two brothers hunting down false ghosts until they find themselves face to face with the real supernatural. Thanks to the direction, it was not a completely reprehensible mess, but despite this fact, The Brothers Grimm offers little more than a lavish quest, decent tricks, uninteresting music, mediocre performances by the main characters and good performances by some of the supporting characters (experienced Gilliams Stormare and Pryce, and the great Bellucci). Instead of a carnival somewhere on the uncertain edge of rationality and irrationality, instead of the dazzling imagination and cinematic magic that Gilliam wields like few, all that remains is typical Hollywood with a flimsy script, colorful backdrops, and a few good gags (but weak-minded by Gilliam's standards). I understand why Terry had the worst shoot of his career... his worst film came out of it. Three stars for an immeasurable and futile effort to turn a fart into a ball.
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The visual aspect is perfect, Terry Gilliam knows how to work reasonably within the budget, but if I ever believed in creative differences during filming, it is precisely in the case of The Brothers Grimm. Its curse is an incredible mess of a plot, where I sometimes can't keep track of how many digressions the story has taken. But when an unexpected action romp shows up about an hour later, it's worth it until the very end, I am rooting for both brothers and holding my breath during the suspenseful scenes. In combination with the perfect portrayal of the villainous general, I ended up being reconciled, but otherwise, this woodland odyssey got underway quite conflictingly.
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Aside from the barely half-minute scene of a French dinner by the woods, there's not a shred of Gilliam in the entire movie. There is nothing by which you would recognize this as being his work. I'm exaggerating, but not that much. Terry made something that no one expected from a genius of his format - a well-done example of film-craft. Nothing less, but, unfortunately, nothing more either.
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