Aug 26, 2005 9:51 am US/Central
The Brothers Grimm
(CBS)
They were among the most famous storytellers of the 18th century. Now, the story of "The Brothers Grimm" comes to the big screen, but in a bizarre Hollywood interpretation. CBS 2 movie critic Richard Roeper has a review.
As the only American member of Monty Python, Terry Gilliam created all the insanely interesting animation for that legendary show. Now he's become one of the most creative and one of the strangest film directors in the world.
Matt Damon and Heath Ledger are barely recognizable in Gilliam's "The Brothers Grimm." Jacob and Wilhelm are con artists who roam from town to town, creating fictional demons and spells, and then casting them out -- for a large fee, of course.
But in Gilliam's wildly inventive and intentionally grotesque interpretation of some classic fairy tales, the Grimm brothers get caught up in a real-life fairy tale far beyond anything they could conjure.
This movie is not for children or for the squeamish. Gilliam has a bizarre fascination with creepy crawly things that appear throughout the story. And there are some genuinely frightening trips into a forest that's filled with peril.
Rated PG-13 for bugs and demons and very wicked witches, "The Brothers Grimm" is artistically impressive but the story left me kind of cold. You can wait to rent it.
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