It’s an in-your-face and exhausting portrayal of life gone bad, played out by a cast of actors all on the top of their game.
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09/23/04
Wonderland (2003)
34 %
Reviews Counted: 97 Fresh: 33 Rotten:64 Average Rating: 5/10
Consensus:
A sordid and pointless movie with some good preformances.
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Synopsis: WONDERLAND – Based on a true story and starring Val Kilmer, Lisa Kudrow, Kate Bosworth, Dylan McDermott, Josh Lucas, Eric Bogosian, Tim Blake Nelson, Christina Applegate, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Janeane Garafolo, Franky G. and Carrie Fisher. WONDERLAND explores, in Rashomon-like... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Val Kilmer, Kate Bosworth, Dylan McDermott, Lisa Kudrow, Tim Blake Nelson
Director: James Cox
Screenwriter: James Scott, D. Loriston Scott, Todd Samovitz, Captain Mauzner
Producer: Michael Paseornek, Holly Wiersma
Composer: Cliff Martinez
Screenwriter: James Scott, D. Loriston Scott, Todd Samovitz, Captain Mauzner
Producer: Michael Paseornek, Holly Wiersma
Composer: Cliff Martinez
Reviews
While the Rashomon-like multiple versions of events are riveting, Cox's main misstep is to leave out real resonance.
10/15/03
*Violent and blaring ... a vibrant bit of tabloid trash infotainment, a guilty pleasure for those with a taste for bittersweet candy.
01/29/05
This film, however, will fade away quicker than Jenna Jameson when she hits thirty-five.
12/27/04
Bolstered by its fiercely assured script and direction, Wonderland's cast soars, with Kilmer perhaps doing his career-best work.
09/30/04
looks good, sounds great, and essentially it's just one long party until the debauchery inevitably comes to collect its tax
05/10/04
Nem mesmo o excepcional elenco consegue levar o espectador a conhecer um pouco melhor aqueles personagens. Ainda assim, o filme tem seus momentos.
03/10/04
...real bottom-of-the-barrel stuff, a scummy story about scummy people.
02/09/04
Wonderland is completely hollow and devoid of purpose... uncompelling, unorganized and unexciting.
01/14/04
You might actually anticipate learning something about the real JohnnyHolmes and his vocational choices. Think again.
12/31/03
A few actors make momentary impressions, yet most are kept in the shadows, as hard to make out as this movie's ultimate intentions.
11/04/03
Rarely has so much of so little consequence been so closely examined.
10/24/03
To enjoy the narrative remixing, you have to cut through an awful lot of postproduction hooey.
10/24/03
Sometimes Wonderland does make you wonder why you're wasting your time with these losers. But there's also a lot here that stays with you.
10/24/03
She creates an affecting counterpoint to the hyper-charged insanity back at the Wonderland condo.
10/24/03
The main interest here is the acting, which is, by turns, entertaining or just entertainingly bad, with lots of grungy seriousness and Method-trained twitching, but also some moments of real gusto.
10/24/03
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