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A- |
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B+ |
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A+ |
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A |
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A+ |
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Surreal Fairy Tale
by Not (movies profile)
Jul 11, 2007
3
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3 people found this review helpful
Terry Gilliam's Tideland is visually stunning, with a compelling story. This dark,poignant fairy tale flips childhood and fairy tales on their proverbial ears. The young star, Jodelle Ferland, has incredible talent, and I look forward to watching her future performances. She was absolutely spot-on fey and innocent as Jeliza-Rose, the daughter of addicts, who resents her mother and lovingly prepairs her father's needles for him. Brendan Fletcher takes a potentially cliched and character and gives him nuances I was surprised to notice. In anyone else's hands, this would have been disappointing at best. Gilliam captures the fairy tale quality of childhood even in the darkest moments, and how a child left to her own devices creates her own reality. |
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