Stars: Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Strong, Rebel Wilson
Storyline
MI6's top assassin (Mark Strong) has a brother. Unfortunately for him, he's an English football supporter (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.
Writers: Sacha Baron Cohen, Phil Johnston, Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Strong, Rebel Wilson, Sacha Baron Cohen, Rebel Wilson, Freddie Crowder, Jon-Jon Lockwood, Shaun Thomas, Claudia Adshead, Mark Strong, Lex Shrapnel, Isla Fisher, David James, Rory Keenan, Tamsin Egerton, Johnny Vegas, Ricky Tomlinson, David Harewood, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen -
Nobby
Rebel Wilson -
Dawn Grobham
Freddie Crowder -
Tsunami
Jon-Jon Lockwood -
Jason
Shaun Thomas -
Skeletor
Claudia Adshead -
Britney
Mark Strong -
Sebastian
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
Taglines:
MI6 has a brand new tool
Country: UK, Australia
Language: English
Release Date: 3 Jan 2016
Filming Locations: Cape Town, South Africa
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Did You Know?
Trivia:
Sacha Baron Cohen's character's look (most particularly the hair and sideburns) is heavily reflective of that of Liam Gallagher, frontman of world famous rock band Oasis, of the 90's - 00's See more »
Goofs:
Nobby goes quite a distance to buy his mattress at the beginning of the film, as the bus he gets on goes via Grays, and that particular service and route is in South East Essex.
Also, I suspect the train pulling into Grimsby Town is the type used by the C2C service, which is the London Fenchurch Street to Southend line, also in South East Essex. See more »
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Rating: 8/10
The funniest movie for at least a year! Sacha Baron Cohen at the top of
his game. Rude, crude, filthy, but absolutely hilarious with numerous
laugh-out-loud moments. So many laughs in fact that I found myself
wiping away the tears from laughing so much. It certainly helps if you
are a Sacha Baron Cohen fan because he is politically incorrect and his
humour is guaranteed to offend anyone who is sensitive to issues like
AIDS, religion, sexual abuse and the disabled. Of course comedy is so
subjective that you mightn't find any of this funny but I had such a
fun time, I cannot wait to see it again to check out the jokes I might
have missed out the first time around from laughing too much.
Norman aka Nobby (Sacha Baron Cohen) is an English football hooligan
who is happily married to Lindsey (Rebel Wilson). They live together
with their nine children in Grimsby in the north of England. He has a
brother, Sebastian (Mark Strong), whom he hasn't seen for 28 years as
they were separated when their parents died. What Nobby doesn't know is
that Sebastian is a top MI6 agent who doesn't reveal his identity. He
is on a case where is attempting to prevent the assassination of
humanitarian, Kate (Penelope Cruz) when Nobby spots him and
inadvertently causes him to kill the director-general of the World
Health Organisation. With only Margaret (Isla Fisher) in the operations
room advising him, Sebastian must rely on his brother to help him catch
the real perpetrators of the crime.
There's plenty of gross out humour on display ranging from an elephant
bukkake scene to Nobby sucking out the poison from his brother's
scrotum. Other standout funny scenes include a case of mistaken
identity when Nobby masquerades as his brother to obtain vital
information and Nobby searching for Sebastian in a spa therapy centre.
And if you like celebrities being lampooned, people like Bill Cosby,
Donald Trump and Daniel Radcliffe are fair game for the jokes that are
heaped upon them.
Not only are there laughs aplenty but there are also exciting sequences
that would please action enthusiasts. The point of view scenes that
help Sebastian with locating his targets might be frenetic but they
inject variety into the typical chase scenes. There's even a touch of
sensitive family bonding scenes when Nobby and Sebastian recall what
they got up to during their childhood. Although the flashback scenes
are helpful in providing their adult lives with a backstory, they do
occasionally encroach into the comedy and action territory.
The people of Grimsby were apparently annoyed with the depiction of
their town but what is a Sacha Baron Cohen film without a little
controversy? The run down appearance of the town and hooliganism
representing the townsfolk add a lot to the comedic appeal of the film.
Supporting actors like Isla Fisher and Ian McShane don't get much of a
look in because "Grimsby" truly belongs to Baron Cohen and Strong. One
could say that Baron Cohen is typecast as the unintelligent Nobby but
he plays these sorts of characters so well. Strong is more of the
straight man to Baron Cohen's bumbling fool but it's the situations
they find themselves in that promote the laugh factor.
"Grimsby" is known as "The Brothers Grimsby" in America. The film could
be called anything and it wouldn't matter for it's the material that
makes it so much fun. This is one of the best gutter humour movies ever
released and definitely worthy of repeat viewings if you're a fan of
this type of comedy, and especially if you appreciate Sacha Baron
Cohen's brand of humour.
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