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The Brothers Grimm

Summary: Will and Jake Grimm are traveling con-artists who encounter a genuine fairy-tale curse which requires true courage instead of their usual bogus exorcisms.
Runtime: 1 h 58 min
MPAA: PG-13

Movie budget: $ 88,000,000
Domestic: $ 37,916,267
International: $ 67,400,000

Box office:

Budget:$88MDomestic:$37.9MInternational:$67.4MWorldwide:$105.3M

Possible Big Business:

Production:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

The Weinstein Company

Summit Entertainment

(Lionsgate subsidiary)

1%
38%39%

51/10079/100
28%6%
White88.89%Latino5.56%Jewish5.56%
2.00

Commonsensemedia

Violence3/5
Sex3/5
Language3/5
Drugs3/5

Dove

Sex2/5
Language4/5
Violence4/5
Drugs3/5
Other2/5

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Parental Guide

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This film gets a 2/5 family friendly score

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IMDb Rating

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Commonsensemedia Rating

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/the-brothers-grimm

last updated: 2024-10-26Update data

Message
0/5

Brothers are charlatans, until they meet up with a real curse; some arguing, some abuses of authority.

Violence
3/5

Witches cast spells, magical creatures assault humans, some sword and hand to hand fighting.

Sex
3/5

Sexual references, some bawdy drunkenness, a couple of kisses.

Language
3/5

Mild, one use of s-word.

Consumerism
0/5

Thematic only: the brothers "market" themselves as curse-banishers.

Drugs
3/5

Drinking.

Dove Rating

https://dove.org/review/5003-the-brothers-grimm/
Faith
0/5

None

Sex
2/5

Man sleeps with two women at the same time (implied).

Language
4/5

S-1; C-1; G-3.

Violence
4/5

Man hit in the face; man is run through with a sword; man killed with an axe to his head; men shot for running away; two heads of men that were beheaded are pulled out of a bucket; man's half eaten body falls out of a tree; horse swallows little girl whole; woman guts an animal; men are shown hanging upside down being tortured.

Drugs
3/5

Man is drunk; drinking at a German pub; man gives a boy an alcoholic drink.

Nudity
0/5

None

Other
2/5

Witch flying around a barn; some fairy tale-type of spell casting, creepy images of skeletons, wolves, ravens, etc.

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