The Brothers Grimm

2005 • 118 minutes

About this movie

Matt Damon (THE BOURNE SUPREMACY, OCEAN'S TWELVE) and Heath Ledger (THE PATRIOT, A KNIGHT'S TALE) team up to bring you one of the year's most fantastic adventures in this magical tale based on the lives of the legendary storytellers. Will and Jake Grimm (Damon and Ledger) dazzle small towns with their imaginative folklore and elaborate illusions, but when the brothers journey into a real enchanted forest they encounter many of the fantastic characters and thrilling situations found in their beloved fairy tales! From the award-winning director of 12 MONKEYS, BRAZIL and MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL, this fabulous motion picture is sure to leave you living happily ever after!

Ratings and reviews

This is the weirdest movie I have ever seen. It had some really good parts and some cringe worthy, terrible parts. There was no "chemistry" between anyone. I feel like this movie could have been MUCH better if it had been "put together" properly. It feels like it was directed by two different people. Or maybe there was an executive producer that shouldn't of been involved. Heath did an excellent job. A lot of his manorisms were similar to how he acted as The Joker in The Dark Knight.

I loved it then and I love it now due to the only thing that matters, Heath's charmingly hilarious performance. He's a beautiful soul that absolutely made the world a bit easier to bear during the too short of time that we had the pleasure of enjoying his character. I know that I will never forget him. Therefore, I give it 5 stars.

Given the trailer, I expected better. The plot was pretty good, some of the special effects were pretty good, but characters were shallow, and the acting was . . . weak. I expected better for a movie with Heath Ledger and Matt Damon.