It's no "trip through the dark to appreciate the light." It's a nightmare from start to finish.
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Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Gilliam has suffered more than his share of butchered projects, but with this exercise in kamikaze auteurism, he appears to have made exactly the mess he wanted.
Tideland is, by turns, a complete bore and a creepy experience. And I don't mean "creepy" in a positive sense.
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The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
The Hollywood ReporterMichael 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.