Parents Guide for
Tideland (2005) More at IMDbPro »

Jeliza-Rose and Dickens become close, and they kiss one another several times during the film. They call each other "silly kissers". The kisses are never anything more than a peck on the lips. However, at one point, Dickens crawls on top of Jeliza-Rose, and they both wiggle their tongues at one another.

Dickens tells Jeliza-Rose that her grandmother used to french kiss him when he was just a little boy.

Dell has sex with the delivery boy, and Jeliza-Rose spies on her. Dell performs oral sex on the delivery boy, and we see her head bobbing up and down. Jeliza-Rose - talking to one of her dolls heads - says, "She's sucking his peanut". Soon after that, we see Dell having sex on top of the delivery boy, and while there is no nudity, there is movement. Jeliza-Rose sees it all.

Jeliza-Rose's mother graphically dies of an overdose.

Jeliza-Rose's father dies of a heroin overdose. However, she thinks that he is asleep and/or still high, so she puts wigs and makeup on him and talks to him. As he begins to rot, his tongue hangs out of his mouth, and flies buzz around his body. His stomach begins to swell up, and at one point, Jeliza-Rose presses down on his stomach. He passes gas. Later on, his body is gutted and stuffed by Dell, who is an amateur taxidermist. Jeliza-Rose witnesses the whole ordeal, which includes Dell plunging a knife into her father's stomach. Once his body is stuffed, he looks pretty frightening.

Some blood.

A corpse of an old woman is seen. Jeliza-Rose accidentally kicks it, breaking it's face, after which an eye pops out.

There is a catastrophe involving a train at the end of the movie. It's can be intense for kids, but it's not that violent. But there are some bloodied people and badly injured ones.

Several F-bombs and a few mild profanities are sprinkled throughout the film. Curse words are written on the walls.

Graphic heroin use. A young child is present and helps with the heroin procedure. Subsequent outcome of heroin overdoses are central to the story.

Strange situations involving death might be frightening for certain people, especially children.

Dickens's epileptic seizure at the end of the film, may be a little intense.

Dell is a creepy woman...

The movie has bizarre, dark and emotional scenes throughout.