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23 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 58The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayIt's no "trip through the dark to appreciate the light." It's a nightmare from start to finish.
- 40Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanGilliam has suffered more than his share of butchered projects, but with this exercise in kamikaze auteurism, he appears to have made exactly the mess he wanted.
- 38ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliTideland is, by turns, a complete bore and a creepy experience. And I don't mean "creepy" in a positive sense.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenA misconceived washout of a darkly gothic story of madness, addiction and child abuse made all the more unpleasant by Gilliam's trademark intense visual style.
- 25Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerChristian Science MonitorPeter RainerBorderline unwatchable, although, as is true of all Gilliam movies, it certainly is different.
- 20The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottThe worst that can be said of the first two-thirds of Tideland is that it is tiresome. Toward the end it becomes creepy, and not in a good way.
- 10SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirThe misanthropic nadir of the director's crash-and-burn career.
- 0Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanDour, absurdist, gruesomely awful.