Reviewing the reviews: 'The Brothers Grimm'
The mind-numbing similarity among the headlines for reviews of Terry Gilliam’s The Brothers Grimm was more than depressing, it was… No, I won’t say it, though just about everyone else did, as you’ll see below:
- New York Post: ‘Grimm’ Tidings
- Washington Post: A Disappointingly ‘Grimm’ Tale
- News & Observer (North Carolina): Terry Gilliam gets grim results
- Akron Beacon Journal: A bit Grimm
- Santa Cruz Sentinel: Slimm ‘Grimm’
- Metro Toronto: Gilliam’s Brothers Grimm but bearable
- Newsday: These ‘brothers’ are far from grim
- El Paso Times: ‘Brothers Grimm’ consistently, well, grim
- Edmonton Sun: ‘Grimm’ pickings
- Las Vegas Weekly: Grimm and Vigor
- Louisville Courier-Journal: A ‘Grimm’ Weeper
- Miami Herald: This ‘Grimm’ fairy tale won’t be handed down
- USA Today: ‘Grimm’ lacks that fairy-tale sparkle
- Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: A disenchanting fairy tale
- New York Sun: Not So Happily Ever After
- Birmingham News: Not so happily ever after
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Unhappily ever after
- Baltimore Sun: Fractured fairy tale
- Newark Star-Ledger: Gilliam’s fractured fairy tale shows flashes of brilliance
- Wilkes Barre Times-Leader: Fractured fairy tale review
- Detroit Free Press: A pleasant, though slightly fractured, fairy tale
- Washington Post: Gold into Dross
- Dallas Observer: Black Forest
- Orlando Sentinel: Once upon a time, ‘The Brothers Grimm’ happened — unfortunately
- Philadelphia Weekly: Chopped Screwy
- New York Times: Two Guys Shouting and Magical Trees
Remember that other Brothers movie that opened last week?
Village Voice: Lore Brothers
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: A fairy tale upending
- National Post (Canada): Cinderella Men
- Asbury Park Press: Oh, ”Brother”!
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