Very best movie i ever watch

I wanted to but couldn't!

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Wow Jeff Bridges must get asked about this character as much as the Dude. I for one went and read the book AFTER i saw the film. 2006 I THINK. & the book is a work of genius. So how brave to make a film from such source material as this. Not easy. And its not an easy watch. I saw it at 2 am at my parents house after a day of swimming, so it REALLY transported me out of the holiday like home I was enjoying so luxuriously ! I heard this film caused people to walk out because the brilliant actress who carries the whole movie was prepping the works for her daddy. Well he WAS an errant junkie rockstar has been, lives with his stripper junkie wife & yes the young daughter is supposed to be 12 or something but come on! I am sooooo glad that i DIDN'T read the book first and didnt know a thing about this film when i fell down the rabbit hole.made it SO much better and i never knew where it would go or how it may make me feel, that's great filmmaking. Being unpredictable is hard for most filmmakers. I dont love every film Gilliam made but hes a solid 9 out of 10 hahaha so this a test. If you can find the beauty and sweetness in this creepy sunny yet crazy world of Jeliza-Rose her crazy new neighbours etc., you are in my tribe. She reminded me of me and so did her dolls! See it. Then see it with SOMEONE else...you can thank me in firefly sparks...Book was wondrous too! You wull never forget this one. Thats for sure.

The main trouble with this movie is simple - it is boring and not very captivating. Like Jean-Pierre Jeunets Delicatessen and the like the movie depicts a world filled with weird characters but Tideland does it in a bad way - I didn't feel any empathy for them - strangeness for the sake of strangeness... How its well done to portray a little girl fleeing into her personal fantasy-world to cope with the harsh circumstances of her world is shown in Guillermo del Toros Pans Labyrinth superb. If you compare those two pieces you will see immediately the difference - which movie is a masterpiece and which one a fail or at best a mediocre attempt and to compare this story with Alice in Wonderland counts imo almost as blasphemy ;) Ofc Gillaims is no newbie - the basics (cinematography, settings etc.) are well done and also the actors did there job well - and if the young Jodelle Ferland wouldn't have filled her shoes well, this movie would have been a total fail.

It is hard to imagine Jodelle Ferland avoiding some serious mental side-effects induced by her film work (if you 've also watched Silent Hill, you know what I mean). Recuperating from the sub-par Brothers Grimm, Gilliam produces his most personal movie yet and Ferland becomes his Alice with an unforgettable complexity and power, gallantly navigating through the marvels and perils of a pretty seriously f*****d up wonderland. Nightmarish imagery and grim situations abound in this weird masterpiece and you will find yourself constantly challenged by what you see and wondering what other kind of dread is coming your way. Easily one of the most disturbing films ever and yet, strange as it may sound, lyrical and reassuring. Jeff Bridges channels The Dude through every pore.

I came into Tideland as a huge fan of Terry Gilliam's work, but aware that Tideland had generated a great deal of disappointment and bad reviews, so I was a bit nervous and prepared to be let down. Big mistake. Tideland blew me away. Tideland weaves fantasy, insanity, tragedy, fairy tale sensibilities, and grotesquerie in brilliant fashion. The film delves into the mind of a girl who uses fantasy to cope with tragic circumstances. Tideland plays incessantly with the borders, such as those between tragic and comic, fantasy and reality, grown up and childlike, insanity and simple coping, and so on and on. But beyond the brilliance of the narrative, this film boasts tremendous acting (Jeff Bridges in all states is perfect throughout the film) and surrealistically compelling cinematography (pause the film at pretty much any moment and you have a perfectly composed, visually brilliant shot). I realize this film pushes the borders in many ways for people, and this feeling of discomfort is possibly the reason for the tremendous distaste some have for Tideland. I respect that and realize this is in no way a film for everyone, but, personally, I feel this is pure genius.