Val Kilmer, Carrie Fisher, Dylan McDermott
In the police investigation of a brutal crime scene, one man was at the center of it all: legendary porn star John Holmes.
DVD Release Date: February 10, 2004
Stats: 769 reviews
Flixster Reviews (769)
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June 4, 2009
apart from the great soundtrack it was average. it's some extra knowledge but that's about all. saying that it's probably val kilmers best acting. i've never really noticed him in any of his other starring roles
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August 22, 2008
Brilliant performance from Val Kilmer. His best work next to "the Doors."
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March 1, 2008
Very gritty and very well done. I wasn't familiar at all with the story, so I found it all the more gripping.
I love how the movie starts off, fast paced, choppy, showing passage of time with newspapers and TV Guides was fun to watch.
Val Kilmer is amazing. All the acting...( read more) -
February 15, 2008
The Wonderland Murders--I might have heard the phrase before, but that's the most I heard, I can't say I knew much of or about them otherwise until I saw this film. Obviously, I take with a grain of salt the idea that after viewing it I know much factual--though it has been sugge...( read more)
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November 18, 2009
I really liked the style and the look of the film. What made it sub-par to others like it (Zodiac, Summer of Sam) was the choppy editing. It's sad that such a small component can ruin a movie. Other than that, I loved the acting and the story. Val Kilmer was the perfect self abso...( read more)
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September 5, 2009
If you have seen Boogie Nights then you have an idea what this film is about. This follows Johnny Wadd in the days leading up to the massacre he was part of.
Critic Reviews
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. full review
Not quite the second coming of Boogie Nights. full review
True crime procedurals can have a certain fascination, but not when they're jumbled glimpses of what might or might not have happened involving a lot of empty people whose main claim to fame is that t... full review
Wonderland skips lightly along the sewers of human depravity as if the trip alone was worth the telling. full review
Wonderland aspires to the grisly poetry of a James Ellroy novella but only achieves the ugliness of an 8-mm loop. full review
The high quality of most of the acting makes this otherwise pointless and indulgent movie at least watchable. full review
... character gets sacrificed for just another true-crime drama. full review
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