Review of The Brothers Grimm (2005) by Nick D — 20 Sep 2012

An fairly entertaining film with some great twists on the classic stories.

This review of The Brothers Grimm (2005) was written by Nick D on 20 Sep 2012.

The Brothers Grimm has generally received mixed reviews.

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If The Brothers Grimm flies apart like a badly designed airplane (and it does), it still has more going for it than most of the movie fare…

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I wrote this as the film played out. No way do I want to watch it again in order to write something more coherent…

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I made that armour! It's not magic; it's just shiny…

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