Who’s in it: Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Monica Bellucci.
What it’s about: Jacob (Ledger) and
Wilhelm Grimm (Damon) are con artists who bilk superstitious locals of their
money by promising to chase ghosts
(that are made up by the two) away.
They are found out and offered a chance for redemption: If they rid a town whose young girls are disappearing of the supernatural forces at play, they go free.
Worth watching? **
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“[Director Terry] Gilliam remains a
conjurer of worlds heretofore unseen. But his latest effort never gets past the suggestion of its title; this is grim stuff indeed, not because of its subject matter, but
because it never draws the viewer in. … Much of the problem rests on the shoulders of Matt Damon and Heath Ledger, who … act as though they were told only one thing about their characters and never bothered to flesh them out further.”