The Brothers Grimsby

Parental Rating: R

Contains: Language    Nudity    Violence    Sex    Drug Use    Adult Content    

Jill's Review

Opens March 11, 2016

Runs 83 minutes

Nobby (Sacha Baron Cohen) and Sebastian (Mark Strong) were orphaned as children and separated when Sebastian was adopted by a nice London family. For 28 years, Nobby has searched for his long-lost brother. Sebastian goes on to be a super-spy with a branch of MI-6 while Nobby is still a loveable loser with a wife (Rebel Wilson) and around 11 kids. Nobby learns that his brother will be in London for a posh charity event and he arranges to reunite with him there. The only problem is that Sebastian is there on a mission and their reunion blows the mission and sends the brothers on the run. Now, they must work together to clear Sebastian's name and prevent an even bigger catastrophe. 

The best thing about this movie is that it is short. You only have to suffer for 83 minutes. Well, Mark Strong did look pretty good - he has definitely been working out. But, besides that, this movie was just one big gross-out. Against my will, I have liked other Sacha Baron Cohen films, particularly Borat. This was no Borat. I guess the overall idea was funny - a super-spy and his misfit brother try to save the world. And, the action scenes were surprisingly well-done. BUT - there were too many disgusting things in this movie. They weren't funny. They were almost unwatchable. And, why did they have to make Sacha look so ugly. He was so unappealing I didn't even want to watch him. So, just not funny and way too disgusting for my taste. The rest of the audience seemed fairly subdued so I don't think it was just me. Skip this movie!

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