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

1 nomination.

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:

bare breasts | sex in public | scantily clad female | panties | white panties | 

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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

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Site [Austria]

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, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$6,864,016, 10 April 2016

Company Credits

Production Co:

Blue Sky Films, Big Talk Productions, Columbia Pictures Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to website Crossmap, ". . . opening at number 8 and grossing only [US] $3.2M has put The Brothers Grimsby at [No.] 36 of the worst openings ever for movies released in at least 2,000 theaters".

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Goofs

During the pitch invasion scene, once the camera switches to the rear view up to just after the boys jump into the crowd, 'Sebastian' is quite obviously played by a much older, larger boy.

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Quotes

Norman 'Nobby' Butcher: It's scum that keep the Fast and Furious franchise alive!

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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

Veneno
Written and Performed by Jesús Flores (as Jesus Flores-Chapa)
Courtesy of Leboot Entertainment LLC
Under license from Maximo Aguirre Music Publishing, Inc.

User Reviews

Laugh out loud, while trying not to gag. I loved it!

Sacha Baron Cohen is back with his shock and in your face humour, did you expect anything else. A fully produced movie that's rude in your face politically incorrect and will more than likely offend those sensitive movie goers.

Reunited by chance with his brother after 28 years played by Mark Strong. Wrongfully accused the 2 battle it out against henchmen, spies and all sorts of bad guys to save themselves and the world.

Baron Cohen playing the dumb lower socio-economic lead so well and only complimented by Strong's solid hard lined acting. It's a good mix of real world situations and over the top action fight scenes that would be on par with any Hollywood film, extreme shock comedy and moments that will literally make you gag.

I see it as a spy parody that works well and there hasn't been one for ages. The line up of celebrities is nothing to poke a stick at Cohen's real world wife Australian actress Isla Fisher plays a major part and does it well and fellow Australian Rebel Wilson playing the wife of Nobby also nails the part. But does let her Aussie accent slip a little.

Is it Cohen's best probably not. Thats because I'm a huge Ali g fan. But it's surely a close number 2. I'd probably put it in the same basket as The Kingsman.

Grossed out, laugh out loud movie while still pulling on heart strings and keeping me satisfied from start to finish. A solid 8 out of 10 you won't be disappointed.