Swarms of flies, a pair of decapitated heads, entombed children and one very nasty gingerbread man — writer-director-fantasist Terry Gilliam's take on the Brothers Grimm isn't exactly kid-friendly, but then, neither are the gore-and-doom-laden versions of classic folk stories that made "Grimm" synonymous with "Fairy Tales." Gilliam simply uses the tropes of the tales themselves to construct a darkly whimsical spin on GHOSTBUSTERS (1984). Prussia, 1812: Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm (Matt Damon, Heath Ledger) can't do much about the Napoleonic invaders occupying most of their country, but if there's a witch terrorizing your village, they're the men to call. So what if they ...
Released:
2005
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
118 mins