Friday, September 7, 2018

Grimsby (2016)


Grimsy is a film starring Sacha Baron Cohen, so you kind of know what to expect going in.  He plays Nobby, who notes that he has a missing brother who was lost 28 years ago.  Cue the fact that he suddenly finds information on his brother, who turns out to be a secret agent.  Of note is that Nobby is "scum", being poor and relying on welfare.  Naturally, his brother, Sebastian, doesn't take kindly to Nobby, especially when he screwed up his mission.  The film ends up revolving around the two brothers trying to an evil mastermind's plan and reconciling their brotherly relationship together.  Grimsby relies heavily on crude humour and while it doesn't exactly go too far at times, they aren't exactly funny either and is stupid.  The events are predictable and you can guess that something is going to be significant later in the movie instantly.  It takes a turn to the implausible side soon after the film begins and just throws it out the window by the end of it.  There were some decent parts but on the whole, it's average at best.

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