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36 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittGilliam has rarely been more inventive, energetic, or just plain funny.
- 80Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonJust as fabulously cartoon-Gothic as "Sleepy Hollow."
- 75Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversIf you're a Gilliam junkie, as I am, you go with it, even when the script by Ehren Kruger (The Skeleton Key) loses its shaky hold on coherence.
- 75PremiereGlenn KennyPremiereGlenn KennyIn the end it's still Gilliam Lite, but Gilliam Lite is better than no Gilliam at all.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttHugely ambitious but often failing to live up to those ambitions, Terry Gilliam's long-awaited The Brothers Grimm emerges as a folkloric adventure that intermittently entertains.
- 58Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanStrenous yet flat, The Brothers Grimm is a let's-see-what-sticks spectacle that, coming from Terry Gilliam, is more grim than "Grimm."
- 50VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerThe tilt here toward a hyperactive, buddy-movie action-adventure with loud comic archetypes is a poor fit for a film that relies on fairy tale icons and themes.
- 50The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe Brothers Grimm reeks of compromise, of a brilliant fantasist losing his footing and nerve and getting hopelessly gummed up in the cruel machinery of big-budget blockbuster filmmaking.
- 40L.A. WeeklyScott FoundasL.A. WeeklyScott FoundasThis is one of the most visually off-putting films ever made by a director who supposedly makes beautiful pictures.
- 30Dallas ObserverRobert WilonskyDallas ObserverRobert WilonskyIt's easily the ugliest film Gilliam's ever made, a movie shot with a lens someone forgot to wipe. It's also his loudest: Every scene is amped up to 11, and every line of dialogue is delivered as though it's a cry for help from the bottom of the well.