The Brothers Grimsby (2016)

A new assignment forces a top spy to team up with his football hooligan brother.

Director:

Louis Leterrier

Writers:

Sacha Baron Cohen (story by), Phil Johnston (story by)

Stars:

Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Strong, Rebel Wilson

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sacha Baron Cohen	...	Nobby
Rebel Wilson	...	Dawn Grobham
Freddie Crowder	...	Tsunami
Jon-Jon Lockwood	...	Jason
Shaun Thomas	...	Skeletor
Claudia Adshead	...	Britney
Mark Strong	...	Sebastian Graves
Lex Shrapnel	...	Steven Marber
Isla Fisher	...	Jodie Figgis
David James	...	Jordan Beder
Rory Keenan	...	James Thurbeck
Tamsin Egerton	...	Carla Barnes
Johnny Vegas	...	Milky Pimms
Ricky Tomlinson	...	Paedo Pete
David Harewood	...	Black Gareth

Storyline

MI6's top assassin (Mark Strong) has a brother. Unfortunately for him, he's a football hooligan (Sacha Baron Cohen) from the town of Grimsby. Nobby has everything a man from the poor English fishing town of Grimsby could want - 9 children and the most attractive girlfriend in northern England (Rebel Wilson). There's only one thing missing in his life: his little brother, Sebastian. After they were adopted by different families as children, Nobby spent 28 years searching for him. Upon hearing of his location, Nobby sets off to reunite with his brother, unaware that not only is his brother an MI6 agent, but he's just uncovered a plot that puts the world in danger. On the run and wrongfully accused, Sebastian realizes that if he is going to save the world, he will need the help of its biggest idiot.

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Plot Keywords:

gay joke | bare breasts | public nudity | sex in public | boy in a wheelchair | 

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Taglines:

One secret agent. One complete idiot.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong crude sexual content, graphic nudity, violence, language, and some drug use

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to the "Movie Details, Facts and Trivia" website, "writer and actor Sacha Baron Cohen asked to shoot in the town Grimsby but local government declined".

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Goofs

When Nobby and Seb were taking a bath, the water level kept changing between camera shots.

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Quotes

Sebastian Graves: Nobby, meet the head of the biggest crime syndicate in the world.
Norman 'Nobby' Butcher: What, she runs FIFA?

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Crazy Credits

There is a post credit scene where the brothers ask for directions, then "leave no witnesses"

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Alternate Versions

In Singapore, before the film could receive an official classification (R21) the company were required to remove a scene depicting a man sucking the poison out from his friend's testicles as the latter has been injected in the groin with a poisonous dart. The scene which features close-up shots of the man's scrotum, and brief shots of the man's penis in the other man's mouth. The scenes above have exceeded the Classification Guidelines which state that "exploitative and excessive nudity" is not allowed for all ratings.

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Connections

References Team America: World Police (2004)

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Soundtracks

Magalehna
Written by Carlinhos Brown
Performed by Sergio Mendes
Courtesy of Warner Music UK Ltd

User Reviews

Great Parody, Gross Humour, overall a really funny movie

I laughed a lot at this movie, and that is the soul criteria I measure a comedy on. Did I laugh? Yes! This movie had a lot of funny scenes (especially if you understand the English).

It's not his finest work, but it's a very good comedy overall. Good take on the working English class, Football Hooligans, Spy Movies.

To the people trashing this movie, clearly they are offended by the very offside humour in this picture. I thought they where too much truthfully at times (Elephant Scene), but overall it didn't ruin the many other funny moments in this movie.

Definitely worth a watch, lots of fun.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Site [United States]

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English Ukrainian

Release Date:

11 March 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Brothers Grimsby

Filming Locations:

Cape Town, South Africa

Box Office

Budget:

$35,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$3,258,327, 13 March 2016

Gross USA:

$6,874,837

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$27,979,040

Company Credits

Production Co:

Blue Sky Films, Big Talk Productions, Columbia Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1