- Year: 2005
- Released: 11 Aug 2006
- Country: United Kingdom, Canada
- Adwords: 1 win & 12 nominations
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0410764/
- Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tideland
- Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/tideland
- Available in: 720p, 1080p,
- Language: English
- MPA Rating: R
- Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- Runtime: 120 min
- Writer: Tony Grisoni, Terry Gilliam, Mitch Cullin
- Director: Terry Gilliam
- Cast: Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Tilly, Jodelle Ferland
- Keywords: drugs, magic, explosion, isolation, fear,
6.3/10 | |
26/100 | |
30% – Critics | |
64% – Audience |
Tideland Storyline
Pre-teen Jeliza-Rose’s parents are hopeless drug addicts. When pa, rocker Noah, finds ma’s OD’d, he fears to be charged with homicide and takes Jeliza along to his ma’s place, in a desolate country region. With Noah dead in his chair, the girl mentally transfers to a fantasy world she and her doll heads enter magically. Jeliza’s adventures also star the crazy locals, notably Dell, and Dell’s grown but intellectually disabled brother Dickens.
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Tideland Movie Reviews
muddled, imaginative, and a little creepy
Rocker Noah (Jeff Bridges) and his wife Queen Gunhilda (Jennifer Tilly) are both addicts. Their daughter Jeliza-Rose (Jodelle Ferland) is the only adult in the family. She even prepares the heroin needles for them. When the mother dies, Noah takes Jeliza-Rose to his family home in the middle of nowhere rural Texas. Noah quickly dies from an overdose. Jeliza-Rose encounters Dell (Janet McTeer) who she thought at first a ghost. Dell lives with her mentally-challenged brother Dickens (Brendan Fletcher). Jeliza-Rose befriends Dickens in sometimes sexual play. She also creates four minions Sateen Lips, Glitter Gal, Mustique and Baby Blonde with dismembered doll heads.
This is a muddled, imaginative, and a little creepy. The most controversial is some foreplay between nine-year-old Jodelle and the mentally challenged Dickens. It’s very uncomfortable. If Terry Gilliam is unwilling to push the envelop, it’s better to not linger on the issue. Suggestions would be more compelling than the icky feel of all the teasing. The story itself is a muddled mix of limited fantasy and unsatisfying reality. Sometimes, the fantasy like the underwater scene works but many times, it looks unfinished. The jarring reality of the situation is problematic at best. The fantasy works better. The movie should stay with the homes and the grassy fields. The best part is Jodelle Ferland. She takes control of the movie and never lets go. Gilliam needs someone to take control of the writing while giving him free-reign over the visual concepts.
A Dark, Bizarre and Insane Trip of Terry Gilliam
When the dysfunctional Queen Gunhilda (Jennifer Tilly) dies of overdose, her daughter Jeliza-Rose (Jodelle Ferland) travels with her addicted father Noah (Jeff Bridges) to the old and abandoned house of Noah’s mother in the country. While her father takes “a vacation” injecting drugs, Jeliza-Rose lives a world of fantasy with her heads of doll Sateen Lips, Glitter Gal, Mustique and Baby Blonde. Noah dies in his trip, and Jeliza-Rose meets the insane Dell (Janet McTeer) and her retarded brother Dickens (Brendan Fletcher), spending most of the time together.
I do not know whether Terry Gilliam was in an acid trip when he wrote the dark, bizarre and insane “Tideland”, but it is one of the craziest movies I have ever seen. However, I liked the originality of the story. I could never guess the insanity of the next scene of this unpredictable film. I was also very impressed with the maturity and performance of Jodelle Ferland in her difficult lead work. This little girl is the story, and it is amazing and impressive, for example, the sequences with Jeliza-Rose preparing the dope of her father. The nightmarish atmosphere and the music score complete this original and unique journey to the irrational world of Terry Gilliam. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): “Contraponto” (“Counterpoint”)