Review: Tideland

First off, I just have to say that Terry Gilliam is a genius. He's made some of the most visually innovative and original movies ever. Unfortunately he's also made Tideland. You know your in for a challenge when before the movie begins the director appears on screen and announces that he is aware that some people will hate this movie, some may love it and others will have no idea what to make of it. Normally I LOVE strange off beat and odd movies, but on this one I fall into categories 1 and 3.. Tideland is a bleak seemlingly pointless film. It's told through the eyes of a child and is supposedly a celebration of innocence and imagination but lacks both. It's bleak and creepy. It "stars" Jeff Bridges and Jennifer Tilly, although both die off before ever actually doing anything. I was so off put by this movie that I turned it off mid way through, so I'll do the same with this review.