Wonderland

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Wonderland

R

Released Oct 17, 2003

1h 44m

Crime

Drama

Biography

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In this fact-based film, John Holmes (Val Kilmer) is one of the most successful porn stars of all time. But, when his rampant drug abuse forces him into prostitution, both his disapproving wife, Sharon (Lisa Kudrow), and his 16-year-old girlfriend, Dawn (Kate Bosworth), are on the verge of leaving him. As John sinks lower and lower into Hollywood, Calif.'s criminal underworld, he meets a seedy drug lord (Eric Bogosian) and finds himself caught up in a tragic chain of events.

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Critics Consensus

A sordid and pointless movie with some good preformances.

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Antonia Quirke

London Evening Standard

From a distance, Val Kilmer still passes as beautiful... But close up, his is the face of corruption: an intense mass of beforehis-time lines. There is certainly a great role out there for him, but reallife former porn star John C Holmes isn't it.

Dec 15, 2017

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Very sordid and unexpectedly dull; adults only.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 29, 2010

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

Unwarrantedly interested in B-list celebrity-gone-to-seed.

Rated: D+

Jul 29, 2005

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Sad, intense, and beautifully acted.

Rated: 3.5/4.0

Sep 27, 2020

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

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.

Rated: B-

Jun 14, 2009

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Jason Gorber

Film Scouts

A&E Investigative Reports would have done the story far more justice than this watered down silly film ever could.

Rated: C

Jun 21, 2007

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Piy S

Nicely captures a moment of time with brilliant performance by Val Kilmer

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/07/25

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Dana B

Bolstered by its fiercely assured script and direction, Wonderland's cast soars, with Kilmer perhaps doing his career-best work

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/03/25

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Yossam I

Sad, intense, and beautifully acted.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/02/25

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Jen W

Great story, cast, and time capsule of Hollywood back then

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/23/25

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Menew A

I miss Val Kilmer roles like this where he truly threw himself in to the character and lecherous world

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/06/25

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Tim T

I know Wonderland didn’t do to well in the cinema and in the reviews. I respect that and all. But to my opinion this is one the best movies ever made. ( Spoiler alert -> ) The movie itself is nice to watch. What made it so good for me was that played out exactly what the various witnesses and suspects where saying. The subtle differences between the various stories made the movie very interesting and to think about. Well that’s my opinion. Sometimes one has to disagree with the rest of the world.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/27/25

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Synopsis

In this fact-based film, John Holmes (Val Kilmer) is one of the most successful porn stars of all time. But, when his rampant drug abuse forces him into prostitution, both his disapproving wife, Sharon (Lisa Kudrow), and his 16-year-old girlfriend, Dawn (Kate Bosworth), are on the verge of leaving him. As John sinks lower and lower into Hollywood, Calif.'s criminal underworld, he meets a seedy drug lord (Eric Bogosian) and finds himself caught up in a tragic chain of events.

Director: James Cox
Producer: Holly Wiersma, Michael Paseornek
Screenwriter: Captain Mauzner, James Cox, Todd Samovitz, D. Loriston Scott
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: Killer Films, Emmett/Furla Films
Rating: R
Genre: Crime, Drama, Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 17, 2003, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 1, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.1M
Runtime: 1h 44m
Sound Mix: Surround

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