The Brothers Grimm is a very well written story of scam artists learning that there is more to the folk tales they use to trick people out of their money than they thought, unfortunately it was completely ruined by a badly failed attempt at humor. The brothers manage to find their honor when they have to rescue a village from a very real fairy tale curse, but the movie never manages to do the same.
The acting is terrible, the tempo is nauseating, the dialog is just silly (not fun silly). The biggest redeeming feature (other than the solid storyline) was the visual appeal, the sense of place & history was great. If only the filmmakers had taken the story seriously, or had even taken the humor seriously, it could have been very good. I wanted to like this movie so badly, but it was impossible.
The acting is terrible, the tempo is nauseating, the dialog is just silly (not fun silly). The biggest redeeming feature (other than the solid storyline) was the visual appeal, the sense of place & history was great. If only the filmmakers had taken the story seriously, or had even taken the humor seriously, it could have been very good. I wanted to like this movie so badly, but it was impossible.