Wonderland

Wonderland (2003)

  • 34% of critics liked it
    (101 reviews)

  • 65% of users liked it
    (17,675 ratings)

James Cox directs the sleazy Hollywood murder tale Wonderland, starring Val Kilmer as legendary porn star John Holmes. Using a non-linear plot structure, the film explores different perspectives of the quadruple homicide that occurred on July 1, 1981, in the Hollywood Hills. At the lowest point of… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
James Scott, D. Loriston Scott, Todd Samovitz, Captain Mauzner
Genres
Drama
In Theaters
Oct 3, 2003 Wide
On DVD
Feb 10, 2004
Lions Gate Releasing

Critic Reviews

  • Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star

    Rarely has so much of so little consequence been so closely examined.

  • Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel

    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.

  • Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

    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.

  • Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post

    A film whose effects are as hard to wash away as blood.

  • Stephen Hunter, Washington Post

    Overblown, overheated, overdirected, overacted, overlong and over here, in the local bijoux.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Jeff "


    Wonderland in my opinion is fairly underrated. Based on the true story of John Holmes, a famed porn star. This film is about the Wonderland murders and John Holmes' involvement. I really don't understand why this film has gotten so much flack. I thought it was a very good… More

  • Coxxie M


    Even though you dont know this is made by a showoff director with not much to show off, and shit writers, you should want to see it because it has the most amazingly awful cast of almost any movie: Lisa Kudrow. uh. Josh (Sweet home Alabama) Lucas. ok, keep talkin'. Kate… More

  • Robert C


    Does a great job at showing how convoluted and confusing it is to piece together and solve a murder when your only witnesses are drug lords, drug dealers, drug users and prostitutes. Really strong performances from the entire cast, but Kudrow's performance (though a somewhat… More

  • Derek D


    Crack pipes and syringes and 13" penises and vicious mass-killings. Actually only one 13" penis, my mistake. Great acting, but not really a film to watch more than once or twice.

  • Conner R


    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… More

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