Opens 15 September 2005
Brothers Jake and Will Grimm, renowned collectors of folklore, have made a career out of traveling from village to village pretending to rid them of "enchanted" creatures. Their bluff is called, however, when they are forced by Napoleon's French government to investigate a haunted forest where girls have been disappearing mysteriously. What they discover leads to a series of adventures involving a real evil sorceress that mirrors that of mythology and the fables that the Brothers Grimm would eventually become famous for.
After a long hiatus, director Gilliam tries to recapture the imagination of "Brazil" and "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" with this twist of a fairy tale. While the sets look fantastic, the plot seems to be lacking in purpose, thus making the eventual triumph of the brothers a little hollow.
The acting talents of the two male leads Damon and Ledger are under-utilised as most of the time they were running around shouting their heads off. And, as in "The Matrix" sequels, Bellucci once again takes on a wallflower role as the evil enchanting sorceress.
Disappointing adventure ride of a movie.
