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leonel M Our bizarre and cruel world, but seen from the innocent and noble eyes of a girl. Without a doubt a good film. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/22/24 Full Review John S Brilliant and disturbing. Jeff Bridges's and Jennifer Tilley's performances are great, and Jodelle Ferland is wonderful. Terry Gilliam's directing is so good. This is a weird, dark movie, but definitely worth watching. There is nothing like it. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/11/24 Full Review The D I'm sorry but rotting corpses and paedophillia overtones don't appeal to me, and this mess of a movie is ruined by these awkward themes. Unlike other Gilliam movies, this one is devoid of any humour whatsoever. Hated it. Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/14/24 Full Review MMO K Disgustingly evil, and backstabbery abounds in the writing. Friends and family turning on friends and family, with no loyalty, and narcissism at every turn. No relationship is sacred here... Spoiler Alert: Mothers trying to kill daughters, Humans hating the Tidelander's Mothers (Sirens) for killing their men, and blaming the Tidelander Half-Siren children who are longing to find their mothers, willing to kill, and betray anyone and everyone to do so. And for what? This is the question that is never answered.They DO see their mother sirens right at the end, and then..... the season and series is over. It's not even a good cliffhanger.. just a cliff that they drove right off, which is why this is a sunken ship of a movie with no resolution to the most basic question of, WHY?Sadly, with the writer and actors on strike, I suspect that older garbage like this, that we skipped the firs time, is all that lay ahead of us for the time being.This reminds me of the Wicker Man. Watching this leaves you feeling gross and icky all over. It reminds you that while it's fiction, that people like this really do exist in the world.The sex in the movie is stupid. Rather showing empowerment, sluttiness is simply accepted as the norm, and never addressed. Apparently sleeping with each other, no matter the perceived relationship is acceptable. The Tidelander Queen/"Mother" is seen on screen kissing and making out with her adult "children" whom they refer to as "The Madam". I was left wondering if this was a brothel reference, which seemed to be the case as gratuitous scenes show the "children" making out with each other for no apparent reason.I like skin and sex in a movie, but it needs to have purpose and relate to the plot, if even in the least little bit, or even announce its gratuitous nature. But it seems to me to be an attempt to include skin and sex simply because "sex sells". But then they sensor it at times warring with the idea of having it or not having it... Alas, even some gratuitous skin is not enough to save this wretched piece of work.Calliope is the only one worth watching here. Charlotte Best did a good job in the role. It's hard for me judge any other acting, because the scenes didn't give enough opportunity to any of the other actors IMO. Even though I was left cursing the writing on even her scenes. One quick example: If you are placed in a time sensitive situation of saving a girl or your brother... why did you spend precious MINUTES, wailing about not being able to save them both, and instead of Getting to WORK on one and then moving to the other as one would, She.. well,,, she simply wastes time... by the end, I was biased. I may be harsh, but I will give them credit for evoking such a strong emotional reaction from me. I liked the potential of this show at the beginning and toward the middle, but by the end, I hated this show. Rated 1/5 Stars • Rated 1 out of 5 stars 10/06/24 Full Review Mark R A twisted trip but one worth taking. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/21/23 Full Review Gianmarco R Very strange movie, I would even dare to say too strange, the plot is very particular and manages not to go anywhere. The whole film has something wrong, it has many points that are too wrong or too absurd for the disturbing poetic aspect it would like to have. In conclusion it is not a bad film but it is excessive and too stupidly unrealistic and at times even boring. Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 08/08/22 Full Review Read all reviews

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