Wrongfully accused and on the run, a top MI6 assassin joins forces with his long-lost, football hooligan brother to save the world from a sinister plot.
A production that fails in every way at every turn.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
15 Mar 2016
fresh:
Mostly, The Brothers Grimsby simply wants to make you laugh. And it will.
– Bilge Ebiri,
Village Voice,
15 Mar 2016
fresh:
The joke at the heart of Sacha Baron Cohen's new comedy The Brothers Grimsby [is] an enjoyable one, even when the film as a whole weaves between being just hilariously foul and incoherently sloppy.
– Alison Willmore,
BuzzFeed News,
17 Mar 2016
rotten:
Cohen, brilliant in his craftier and more avant-garde shock-humor roles, is too irritating to make this character likable, much less lovable as the story demands.
– Leah Pickett,
Chicago Reader,
17 Mar 2016
rotten:
A couple of funny scenes, but it's amazing how quickly Sasha Baron Cohen's comedy has grown safe and stale.