The Brothers Grimsby

  • 2016


MOVIE IS effective enjoyable sentimental entertaining disappointing
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37 % Rotten
$ 105 Million
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Positive Reviews 41
Negative reviews 54
Average Rating 2.3/5
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2.8
Cohens social commentary is limited this time around to making some light points about the scapegoating and abandoning of lower class scum, as Grimsby .. Av Club
2.5
Eventually, though, The Brothers Grimsby runs out of room to fully work as a hit or miss comedyand perhaps most disappointing, doesnt reserve any of i .. Av Club
3.2
And it may help to make this Cohens most mass appeal movie to date. Indie Wire
3.0
The Brothers Grimsby is offensive, disgusting, ridiculous and as much as I feel dirty admitting it, its also pretty damn funny. We Got This Covered
0.5
Given the countrys current, near sociopathic climate of xenophobic hostility, Baron Cohen has chosen a broad comedy thats no more based in reality tha .. Austin Chronicle
3.0
Chaotic and crude but its lack of sophistication feels like a badge of honour. Time Out
2.0
When disappointments rack up, there comes a point where fans have to question whether the comic genius is really worthy of the label and for Sacha Bar .. Paste Magazine
1.9
But as a full movie experience this did not drop my jaw in a consistently enjoyable way.And the movies Trump joke is pretty ineffectual. Rogerebert
3.5
But as dumb and unsophisticated comedies go, it succeeds, the laughs coming thick and fast and filled with regret. IGN
4.0
At 83 minutes, the film flies, but it also feels nibbled down to the bone.Grimsby doesnt ever wound quite as devastatingly as Borat or Bruno, but its .. Telegraph
0.5
The audacious material overshadows even the best performances in this film. The Young Folks
3.5
The Brothers Grimsby forgoes coherent action and a feasible narrative so that it can get to its gags faster, while theres always one just seconds away .. Cinema Blend
4.0
The plot took Cohen all of four minutes to concoct: Two orphaned brothers, inseparable since their parents demise, are indeed separated when one is ad .. Ny Daily News
3.5
You couldnt think of two more unlikely co stars unless you count Melissa McCarthy and Jason Statham in wonderfully enjoyable SPY. JoBlo
2.5
The Brothers Grimsby is a middle of the road action/comedy where Sacha Baron Cohens R Rated comedy brand offers diminishing returns. Screen Rant
3.5
The sheer goofiness of the wide angle lens, mixed with the absurd speed of the sequence, makes for thrilling, breakneck slapstick.Most outright comedi .. Village Voice
1.3
Excruciating...The end of Sacha Baron Cohens career as a comic leading man. Rogers Movie Nation
1.2
This level of invention makes an abrupt stop in The Brothers Grimsby, which is by far the worst film Cohen has ever been involved with. Blu Ray
1.5
Director Louis Leterrier (Now You See Me) delivers adequate action sequences, but most of the ribald jokes and sight gags fall flat. Chicago Reader
1.9
If we actually saw whats in there, it might get a cheap, repulsed laugh, but leaving it to the imagination is much funnier. Mark Reviews Movies
1.9
At the very least, its more entertaining than the time Baron Cohen dumped ashes on Ryan Seacrest at the Oscars but only barely. Usa Today
3.0
There are the expected fish out of water beats and over the top gross out gags, and the peripheral characters in this world feel like thinly sketched .. News Review
2.0
Throughout, Baron Cohen treads a fine line of standing up for the disenfranchised while relentlessly mocking the exploits of the underclass. Radio Times
1.5
Sacha Baron Cohen returns with yet another attempt at pushing the boundaries of outrageous comedy and, to that point, seeing how far he can push viewe .. Screen It
4.0
Despite its often obscene humour, Grimsby is upbeat and very cheery. Independent
2.5
Sacha Baron Cohens new comedy brings the raunch but the sharp satire is M.I.A. Rolling Stone
1.5
Often nonsensical and full of lousy filmmaking pretending to be avant garde art cinema, its certainly as tasteless, tacky and cringe evoking as anythi .. The Wrap
3.0
To give Baron Cohen his due, The Brothers Grimsby has genuinely funny moments, and the film is well constructed, the script creative (Trump is but one .. Film Journal
2.0
Some good natured sentimental schmaltz offsets the endless gross out gags (pre cut for a 15 certificate), but this felt like a very long 83 minutes in .. The Guardian
2.0
Sacha Baron Cohen brings his B game or maybe even his C game to this moderate new comedy that basically defeated my attempts to like it. The Guardian
3.5
Nobody expects a watertight script in this kind of comedy but this one is a colander. Smh
2.5
He pines for his younger brother after they were separated as children, and when theyre reunited by one of the movies many contrivances, it transpires .. Smh
3.5
The Brothers Grimsby proudly wears its sloppiness like a misspelled badge of honor. Mountain X
3.0
But if its US title creates expectations of some kind of fairy tale, then in a very warped way they might be realised. Daily Mail
3.8
It has one of the single most disgusting sequences in movie history. Ew
2.0
Grimsby is knowingly nonsensical, while the action is fast paced enough to distract you from the fact that this is essentially a base level comedy fea .. Flim List
2.0
Delivering neither on engrossing action or effective satire, this mess is Cohens worst film to date. Film Inquiry
1.0
It may occasionally shock a laugh from you, but between those moments your face will be a rictus of horror. Empire
2.0
The occasionally funny (and always crass) gross out humor of Baron Cohens comedy pokes fun at the working classes and misses more than it hits with it .. Common Sense Media
3.0
Penis gags and other pieces of visual graphic nudity are again nothing new to modern comedies; most unfortunately never get it right. Flickering Myth
1.5
Sacha Baron Cohen takes a backward lurch.His previous films, such as Borat and The Dictator, were a dexterous blend of innocence and outrage, but the .. New Yorker
2.5
A sentimental sibling reunion saga encased in a cascade of gross out jokes and occasionally bright one liners, The Brothers Grimsby is a treat only fo .. Boston Herald
2.5
It doesnt do much to satirize the spy genre, instead using its flimsy plot mostly as scaffolding for a barrage of jokes. Slant Magazine
1.0
But while there may be comedy gold in an elephants vagina, Mr. Cohen fails to find it here. The New York Times
3.2
Its as if the joke is on us rather than providing us with a screening mechanism to laugh at the reactions of so called liberals and so called conserva .. The Film Stage
1.3
A final tag teases a future for these characters, but if its anything like this, well pass. Chicago Tribune
1.5
Controlling both sides of the conversation, and accordingly leaving unwitting participants out of it, should ostensibly make Cohens humor feel less me .. Uproxx
1.0
It is painfully unfunny and, worst of all, pointless.It is so short well under 90 minutes and feels so endless. Flickfilosopher
2.0
The jokes about Aids are, however, best forgotten.Anybody else remember the woeful Ali G film The Irish Times
2.8
At a brisk 83 minutes, the film never overstays its welcome, but the price is that it also feels unsure of its material, eager to speed onward lest it .. Blogs Indie Wire
0.6
This movie is so atrocious I kept waiting for Nick Cage to show up. ReelViews
2.0
Indeed, although bawdy penetration gags run right through the film, theres considerably less of the incisive satirical skewering that distinguished Ba .. Hollywood Reporter
4.0
Nobby even makes a climatic speech defending his people as great scum, the scum that keep the Fast & Furious franchise alive.But Baron Cohen plays goo .. Standard
2.8
Nonetheless, mediocre is not good enough for a talent like Sacha Baron Cohen. Coles Mithey
1.0
This is the kind of anything goes anyplace movie in which the old suck out the venom joke re created here with a toxin dart to Sebastians crotch and s .. Los Angeles Times
2.5
There are a couple of solid action sequences, something that shouldnt come as a surprise considering the presence of Leterrier; and the film is anothe .. Movie Freak
2.0
The best that can be said for the films construction, haphazard and frappe blended as it often appears to be, is that it ends sooner than viewers migh .. Variety
3.1
The Brothers Grimsby needed more structure to achieve its full potential. That makes it a mixed bag. But boy, are there ever some amazing moments here .. Aisle Seat
1.5
The problem here is that Cohens overall sense of humour is far from being on the money. Herald Sun
3.2
It knows what kind of humor it wants to achieve, and often scores big. Consequence Of Sound
3.1
Movings shift from dull mediocrity to flat out disaster comes in its final half hour, however, as Metter delivers a needlessly frenetic and thoroughly .. Reel Film
0.0
Grimsby punches down at the sick, at the poor, at anyone whos not quick enough to get out of its sloppy roundhouse rights. Boy, chronically unemployed .. Nj
3.0
Not to say that poignancy is exactly a prevalent theme, as a picture that is gloriously nonsensical and completely and utterly stupid, in the most end .. Hey U Guys
1.3
Clueless about comedy, Leterrier is comfortable only when his camera stares at chases and shootouts like zombie players of video games. The Star
2.0
There is plenty more to offend even Harry Potter and Donald Trump get a serve. Urban Cine File
4.0
Prepare to be entertained, shocked and offended in equal measure. Mirror
2.0
And though lovers of Cohens outre humour will probably delight at the indignities heaped on a wheelchair bound boy and copious jokes involving bodily .. Games Radar
1.9
A movie that is half as unkind toward people of color as this one is to whites would be publicly burned and its makers called to account, but Sacha Ba .. New York Post
1.0
Cohen is always worth a look, but this one just doesnt look at all good. Lw Lies
4.0
But its less remarkable for its content than for its damn the torpedoes bravado. Nz Herald
4.0
You can forgive the lack of intricate wordplay when the sight of ballbag on face makes you laugh so hard it hurts. Digital Spy
2.0
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2.0
In the worlds talent crowded laughter factory, there isnt room for just another Britcom funnyman feral yet unfocused which is all were offered here. Ft
1.0
Baron Cohen can do better than this.Baron Cohen has done better than this. Independent Ie
2.5
But director Louis Leterrier (The Transporter) seems uninterested in this, instead focussing on intensely brutal action, which results in an unusually .. Contact Music
1.9
1 of 3 View Caption This image released by Sony Pictures shows Sacha Baron Cohen, left, and Mark Strong in Columbia Pictures The Brothers Grims This i .. Sltrib
2.8
Its distasteful but many will still find it hard to maintain a straight face. The Film Pie
1.0
A tacked on message about family and working class solidarity cant conceal the casual insensitivity of Cohens privileged POV.And who, anyway, is this .. Straight
2.5
It is a raunchy, hilarious romp that will have you falling out of your seat laughing. Movie Web
2.0
Its sporadically funny, yes, but also entirely devoid of meaning and deeply disinterested. Cinemix Tape
5.0
There are good jokes here, interspersed with strong action sequences, but both sit side by side, rather than in integrated fashion, a weakness somewha .. Straits Times
3.5
There is lots of action along the way and plenty of gags over the brisk 83 minute running time. Dead Line
3.0
Its because it overly commits to a truly dumb idea, appealing to our stupidest instincts. Metro New York
1.0
I love good gross out humour as much as the next person and this isnt good gross out humour. What Culture
2.5
This joke is funny for about three minutes, and after that were stuck with a pretty perfunctory odd couple pairing; blessedly the film has the good se .. New Republic
1.0
What promised to be, for better or worse, a domestic comedy about council estate Britain is for the most part a globetrotting spy film with lots of jo .. Bfi
1.3
That is to say, this is the least funny alter ego Cohen has ever inhabited. National Post
2.0
Nobby is a low life, so low the bar is all but touching the floor. People
3.5
Cohens burlesque (raunchy sex gags so blatant theyre surreal) is his most hilarious and effective mode, but half jokes about government surveillance e .. National Review
2.0
Chances are this was spotted in the editing but the filmmakers must have believed viewers would be too stupid to care.Its one thing to look down on yo .. New States Man
2.8
But none of them want to be.This is a film whose grand arc is a defense of scum. M Tv
1.0
That, bad timing, and low quality CGI are why the Trump joke misses. Fw Weekly
0.6
This is a film that wants to be cutting edge but deserved to be left on the cutting room floor. Johnhanlon Reviews
3.0
That Baron Cohen can do better is a given but is he able to do better is the question.A spoof of spy thrillers is just lame. Honey Cutts Hollywood
3.1
This is a good example of what to expect in the latest comedy by Sacha Baron Cohen. Miami
0.6
Even at less than 80 minutes sans end credits, The Brothers Grimsby is about as pleasant as elephant semen to the face. The Film File
1.9
Needless to say, it does indeed happen and it will leave you dumbfounded. Seattle Times
2.5
It ultimately fails to capitalize on Baron Cohens inspired performance. M Live
2.5
Instead of manipulating situations, director Louis Letterier, most comfortable with blockbuster action, manipulates genres here. Bk Mag
2.0
Which is what makes the joke at the heart of Sacha Baron Cohens new comedy The Brothers Grimsby such an enjoyable one, even when the film as a whole w .. Buzz Feed
2.0
My first concern with the film is how its action scenes are rendered. Four Three Film
2.0
If elephant semen sight gags do it for you, then you are well on your way to loads of enjoyment. Franks Reel Reviews
4.0
Not just a good message for young audiences coaxed into the cinema by the lure of lowbrow spectacle, but a great one: go to school and study hard and .. Daily Review
4.5
This sort of inappropriate comedy done right should be celebrated. Nerd Report
3.0
Its bad taste humour may be too much for some to swallow, but this is consistently entertaining and frequently funny, thanks to likeable comic perform .. Wow 247
3.0
Truth be told, the movie doesnt seem to have sorted out exactly what it wants to say about poverty save for saying it loudly and with a lot of four le .. Spliced Personality Word P ..
1.5
And any chance of getting laughs is dashed by just going too far every single time. Den Of Geek Us



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