Reviews

I went into this film expecting lesser Gilliam based on the mediocre reviews I had read and what I had seen in the trailers. I was deeply disappointed to discover - almost from the first minute of the film - that "The Brothers Grimm" is instead a very terrible film. Bad acting, terrible dialogue, virtually no plot, choppy, amateurish editing that only serves to confuse and disorient the audience, and virtually nothing at all happens for the first half of the film. Wooden, 2-dimensional characters never develop (except one, who manages a total transformation into an entirely different character at the end of the film with no impetus given for the change), and surprisingly enough, the jokes aren't even funny. Unless, of course, you find the abuse, mutilation, and very gruesome, bloody death of a kitten funny - which apparently Gilliam does, since it is played for a joke herein. Nasty. What a total waste of time and celluloid - Terry Gilliam owes me ten bucks.