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COPYRIGHT 2005 The Miami Herald
Byline: Rene Rodriguez
Aug. 26--The Brothers Grimm feels like a greatest-hits collection of everything director Terry Gilliam is known for: It's a comic adventure jam-packed with monsters, whimsy, slapstick, striking images, weird accents and all sorts of intriguing oddities. It is also, unfortunately, a dreary, uninvolving mess -- a joyless fantasy.
Much has been written about Gilliam's behind-the-scenes clashes with Miramax co-chiefs Harvey and Bob Weinstein, who bankrolled the $75 million production (the disputes became so intense, Gilliam shut down production on the movie for six months, ran off to make another film, then came back to finish). But the...
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