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Since I have a weak spot for Gilliam's work, I was definitely eager to check this flick. Unfortunately, I didn’t like it much and, honestly, I thought it was rather bleak and creepy... I mean, I have seen some tough sh*t through the years but this one was actually pretty hardcore. You don't believe me? In the first 10 minutes, the mother of the main character (a 12 year old girl) dies of overdose and then in the following 15 minutes, she helps her father (played by Jeff Bridges) to shoot heroine and he also dies of overdose and until the end of the movie, this little girl spends a good chunk of her time talking to her dead rotting corpse of a father... I can't say I didn't like this movie because the actors were really good and Gilliam is a damned fine director and it shows on the picture but he spent actually all his time in this movie basically antagonizing his audience that it made it impossible for me to really enjoy this movie in any way. Eventually, it is definitely an acquired taste and even though it was not bad at all, I definitely cannot recommend it and you should watch it at your own risk.
6/10
