Tideland Mr. Black's Grade: C Tideland was directed by Terry Gilliam and stars Janet McTeer, Jeff Bridges and Jennifer Tilly.
After her mother dies from a heroin overdose, a young girl is taken to a rural farmhouse by her father. Her attempts to deal with what's happened result in increasingly odd behavior, and she begins to communicate mainly with her bodiless Barbie doll heads and Dell, a neighborhood woman who always wears a beekeeper's veil.
Yes, that's right: communicating with Barbie dolls. Did I like this film? Not really. It's dark, very dark, which is OK. Not all films have to be about sunshine and happiness, but I would be very surprised if this film found a wide audience. I found the accent used by the girl annoying and inexplicable, and it kept changing through out the film! Often there are a number of "voices" taking at the same time, so it can get exceedingly confusing.
The early scenes are funny, in a dark comedy kind of way. Brendan Fletcher certainly has a difficult part to play, as there are a couple of very awkward scenes between his character and the 11-year-old actress Jodelle Ferland. Jennifer Tilly completely hams it up - luckily it is a small part. The crew sat about five rows ahead of me and at the end there was a lot of back-slapping and shaking of hands. Who knows? Maybe I completely missed the boat on this one.
After her mother dies from a heroin overdose, a young girl is taken to a rural farmhouse by her father. Her attempts to deal with what's happened result in increasingly odd behavior, and she begins to communicate mainly with her bodiless Barbie doll heads and Dell, a neighborhood woman who always wears a beekeeper's veil.
Yes, that's right: communicating with Barbie dolls. Did I like this film? Not really. It's dark, very dark, which is OK. Not all films have to be about sunshine and happiness, but I would be very surprised if this film found a wide audience. I found the accent used by the girl annoying and inexplicable, and it kept changing through out the film! Often there are a number of "voices" taking at the same time, so it can get exceedingly confusing.
The early scenes are funny, in a dark comedy kind of way. Brendan Fletcher certainly has a difficult part to play, as there are a couple of very awkward scenes between his character and the 11-year-old actress Jodelle Ferland. Jennifer Tilly completely hams it up - luckily it is a small part. The crew sat about five rows ahead of me and at the end there was a lot of back-slapping and shaking of hands. Who knows? Maybe I completely missed the boat on this one.