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)
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Reviews Counted:98
Fresh:34
Rotten:64
Average Rating:5/10
Consensus: A sordid and pointless movie with some good preformances.
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Genre: Dramas
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,... [More]
Starring: Val Kilmer, Kate Bosworth, Dylan McDermott, Lisa Kudrow
Director: James Cox
Reviews for Wonderland
While the Rashomon-like multiple versions of events are riveting, Cox's main misstep is to leave out real resonance.
10/15/03
It might not make wads of cash, but Wonderland will definitely get a rise out of audiences.
10/03/03
The best thing about the movie is Kilmer's charming, manipulative and utterly despicable interpretation of the legendarily endowed John Holmes.
10/03/03
painstakingly teased out
10/05/03
Val Kilmer ("The Salton Sea") fails to manifest the eccentric character of notorious porn legend Johnny "Wadd" Holmes in this artful but unbalanced dramatization of the gruesome 1981 Laurel Canyon murders that Holmes was implicated in committing.
06/14/09
Ultimately I found the film to be fairly compelling, mainly because of Kilmer’s performance, but it does suffer a bit from the lack of focus that this style of storytelling often falls victim to.
09/24/03
The deliberately chaotic film technique used in 'Wonderland' admirably reinforces the idea that truth is difficult, at times unknowable.
10/02/03
These were very bad people, but very good actors play them.
10/23/03
Intense, though at times too frenetic, with an energetic performance by Val Kilmer.
09/25/03
A compelling journey into the depths of hell on earth.
10/01/03
Unpleasant to view but ultimately satisfying.
05/08/07
Bolstered by its fiercely assured script and direction, Wonderland's cast soars, with Kilmer perhaps doing his career-best work.
09/30/04
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
Manages to move beyond its bloody rage by spinning a complex narrative that’s one of the year’s most compelling stories.
10/14/03
The movie has the hopped-up, sickening energy of a four-day drug binge, and it's as repellently fascinating as a pulp detective magazine.
10/13/03
She creates an affecting counterpoint to the hyper-charged insanity back at the Wonderland condo.
10/24/03
It all makes for an interesting look at infamy in the hands of the brash young Cox.
10/17/03
Proves that John Holmes wasn't all about dingus; his other interests included drugs and sliminess.
10/02/03
It hits you like a ton of dope
09/04/03
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