Review of Wonderland (2003) by Robert M — 18 Feb 2004
WONDERLAND.
Written by James Cox, Captain Mauzner, Todd Samovitz and D. Loriston Scott.
Directed by James Cox.
I recently made a blind buy with this one. I popped it in, expecting a nice little entertainment, and what I got was a lot more. What I got was an extremely well-acted, inventive, intriguing mystery. Val Kilmer dazzles in this one, which I will go out on a limb and call his best performance. There is also really, really nice supporting work from Kate Bosworth, Josh Lucas, Dylan McDermott, Lisa Kudrow and Ted Levine. If you don't know what it's about, then here's a little explanation.
WONDERLAND is about the infamous Wonderland murders in 1981, that porn king John Holmes may or may not have been involved in. It details Holmes' life after he essentially became a basehead, lost money, lost his wife, and took up with a younger girlfriend.
Performance to like: Kate Bosworth.
Performance to love: Val Kilmer.
Scene to like: Holmes' explanation of the Eddie Nash robbery.
Scene to love: Holmes being humiliated at a party by Ron Launius.
This review of Wonderland (2003) was written by Robert M on 18 Feb 2004.
Wonderland has generally received mixed reviews.
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