Tideland - a Terry Gilliam film

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Originally Posted by grady

The primary difference being that Northfork was actually a good film.

okay, geez.

hey, check out the critics... if this is what they consider bad reviews then i really *do* need to see this right now.

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TV Guide Ken Fox
By turns fascinating and intolerable.

58
The Onion (A.V. Club) Noel Murray
It's no "trip through the dark to appreciate the light." It's a nightmare from start to finish.

50
Los Angeles Times Sam Adams
Tideland is equally evocative of the pastoral mystery of an Andrew Wyeth painting and the looming menace of "Psycho." The disparity is fitting, because as Tideland unfolds, it's difficult to tell if you're watching a fantasy or a horror movie, or one superimposed on the other.

50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Jennie Punter
Tideland is the easiest of Gilliam's films to follow, yet the most disturbing to watch

38
ReelViews James Berardinelli
Tideland is, by turns, a complete bore and a creepy experience. And I don't mean "creepy" in a positive sense.

38
New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
A murky swamp of a movie, Terry Gilliam's defiantly surreal Tideland finds every good idea drowning in an excess of indulgence.

30
The Hollywood Reporter Michael Rechtshaffen
A misconceived washout of a darkly gothic story of madness, addiction and child abuse made all the more unpleasant by Gilliam's trademark intense visual style.

30
Variety Leslie Felperin Dragged down by a sputtering script and torpid pacing. Way too disturbing for kids and too weird for most grown-ups.

10
Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir
The misanthropic nadir of the director's crash-and-burn career.

10
Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
Enter this diseased Lewis Carroll universe at your own risk.

0
New York Post Kyle Smith
It's trashy and disgusting - and those are the best parts. Mostly it's just an endless, pointless drone with characters like bacteria and dialogue like an untuned radio.

0 Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman Dour, absurdist, gruesomely awful.


I CAN'T WAIT!