Review of Tideland (2005) by Arnold P — 03 Jul 2008
Gilliam himself says at the start of the movie..some of you are going to hate this, & some of you are going to love it.
He should of probably added, that some of you are going to be weirded out by this strange, strange examination of the resilience ...(read more) of youth in the face of ghastly adversity. For a movie that covers mainline drug abuse, terrible child neglect, monologues to decomposing corpses, & nightmarish fantasy worlds of talking dolls heads, it is surprising that it also manages to squeeze in a gentle love story between two people for whom fantasy is an escape from a much darker reality. Gilliam is about right, some will love this, although I suspect that most mainstream audiences will be reaching for the sick bag by the second reel. I liked this movie, I liked it so much that I never want to watch it again.
This review of Tideland (2005) was written by Arnold P on 03 Jul 2008.
Tideland has generally received mixed reviews.
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