Tidelands

Terry Gilliam     Jeff Bridges

Slightly toned-down Gilliam is still too much...way too much. Bridges has the good grace to die early on here but not before giving his most embarrassing, pointless imitation of a redneck pig...shooting up, farting, puking...all while 'caring' for a ten year old daughter.

After both her parents die the girl is stuck in an isolated, decrepit farmhouse somewhere where she lives in a dream world. Rather than using charm or faeries or somesuch Gilliam goes for full-on grotesque...and for me a little of that goes a long way. This constant hyper tone becomes wearying and forces mego.

Not worth it.

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