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| Tideland |
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| Director: Terry Gilliam |
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Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Tilly, Jodelle Ferland, Janet McTeer, Brendan Fletcher |
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| Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 |
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(NTSC Widescreen) |
| Studio: Revolver Entertainment |
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DVD Region: 2 |
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Suitable for 15 years and over |
| DVD Release: jan 2007 |
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Discs: 2 (DVD) [£19.99] |
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Reviews: Whimsical, occasionally alarming and consistently odd, "Tideland" isn’t a film for everyone. But director Terry Gilliam would be the first to admit that; in his introduction on the DVD, he says that while some people will love the film, others will hate it, and still others just won’t know what to make of it.
It’s not difficult to see why. "Tideland" is about a little girl whose imagination becomes her refuge when first her mother dies of a drug overdose, then her deadbeat father follows suit, leaving her alone in a house surrounded by endless fields and lurking lunatics.
"Tideland" has been compared with Guillermo del Toro’s "Pan’s Labyrinth"; but where the latter film had a brutal wartime backdrop, "Tideland" is set in the sunny but isolated world of the American deep South, and the nightmare creatures of the "Labyrinth" are exchanged for battered dolls’ heads. Left to his own devices, Gilliam does tend to make very strange films, and this is no exception. "Tideland’s" real strength is in its lead actress: for an eleven-year-old to carry a film that tackles death, drugs and child abuse is a tall order, but Jodelle Ferland manages it spectacularly. --"Sarah Dobbs" |
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