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Wonderland (2003)

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Reviews Counted: 97 Fresh: 33  Rotten:64 Average Rating: 5/10
 
Consensus: A sordid and pointless movie with some good preformances.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins

Theatrical Release: Oct 3, 2003 Limited

Box Office: $1,031,087

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, Janeane Garafolo, Franky G. and Carrie Fisher. WONDERLAND explores, in Rashomon-like... 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, Janeane Garafolo, Franky G. and Carrie Fisher. WONDERLAND explores, in Rashomon-like fashion, the brutal multiple murders that took place high atop Wonderland Avenue in L.A.’s Laurel Canyon during the Summer of 1981. At first the case seemed to involve only the usual strung-out drug dealers and party hounds, but it quickly became elevated to a classic L.A. noir when it was discovered to be connected to the infamous porn king John C. “Johnny Wadd” Holmes. By the time our story begins, Holmes had fallen from being the biggest and most famous star in the hardcore industry into a state of financial and pharmaceutical ruin. As played by Kilmer, Holmes is devoted to his teenage girlfriend Dawn (Bosworth) while still married to his wife Sharon (Kudrow) and the three form a most unconventional love triangle. In the midst of his spiraling demise, Holmes befriends local drug dealers Ron (Lucas) and Susan Launius (Applegate) along with their “business partner” David Lind (McDermott), who operate out of the Wonderland party house. But Holmes is out of his element in the life-and-death world of high stakes drug crime and he soon gets himself neck deep into trouble. Desperate for cash and drugs, the Wonderland gang decides to rob another dealer friend of John’s -- the notorious gangster Eddie Nash (Bogosian). Soon after the robbery, the slaughter at Wonderland occurs. Did Holmes set up his Wonderland cohorts for murder to save himself from the wrath of Nash? It all depends on whose story you believe. WONDERLAND is directed by James Cox from a screenplay by James Cox & Captain Mauzner and Todd Samovitz & D. Loriston Scott. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Val Kilmer, Kate Bosworth, Dylan McDermott, Lisa Kudrow, Tim Blake Nelson

Director: James Cox
Screenwriter: James Scott, D. Loriston Scott, Todd Samovitz, Captain Mauzner
Producer: Michael Paseornek, Holly Wiersma
Composer: Cliff Martinez

DVD Info

Release:

Feb 10, 2004

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - 1. James Cox - Director, Screenwriter, Val Kilmer - Star
  • Short Film By James Cox
  • Deleted Scenes
  • LAPD Crime Scene Video

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Photo Gallery
  • Autopsy Report

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71/100

Unpleasant to view but ultimately satisfying.

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05/08/07
Jamie Gillies
Apollo Guide
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D+

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

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07/29/05
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness
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B

*Violent and blaring ... a vibrant bit of tabloid trash infotainment, a guilty pleasure for those with a taste for bittersweet candy.

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01/29/05
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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This film, however, will fade away quicker than Jenna Jameson when she hits thirty-five.

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12/27/04
Jordan Hiller
Bangitout.com
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4/5

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

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09/30/04
Jay Antani
Los Angeles Alternative
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80/100

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
Joe Utichi
FilmFocus
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looks good, sounds great, and essentially it's just one long party until the debauchery inevitably comes to collect its tax

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05/10/04
Tom Grealis
RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)
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2.5/5

Wonderland remains too subjective and doesn’t probe deep enough.

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04/20/04
Kent Turner
Film-Forward.com
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3/5

Nem mesmo o excepcional elenco consegue levar o espectador a conhecer um pouco melhor aqueles personagens. Ainda assim, o filme tem seus momentos.

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03/10/04
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
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C+

Cox's film is really an empty experience.

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02/17/04
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
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...real bottom-of-the-barrel stuff, a scummy story about scummy people.

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02/09/04
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly
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1.5/4

Wonderland is completely hollow and devoid of purpose... uncompelling, unorganized and unexciting.

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01/14/04
Stacie Hougland
Hollywood.com
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You might actually anticipate learning something about the real JohnnyHolmes and his vocational choices. Think again.

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12/31/03
Prairie Miller
Long Island Press
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2/4

A few actors make momentary impressions, yet most are kept in the shadows, as hard to make out as this movie's ultimate intentions.

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11/04/03
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing
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2/5

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

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10/24/03
Geoff Pevere
Toronto Star
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3/5

To enjoy the narrative remixing, you have to cut through an awful lot of postproduction hooey.

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10/24/03
Steve Schneider
Orlando Weekly
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3/5

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.

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10/24/03
Jay Boyar
Orlando Sentinel
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She creates an affecting counterpoint to the hyper-charged insanity back at the Wonderland condo.

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10/24/03
Jim Slotek
Jam! Movies
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2/4

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.

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10/24/03
Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail
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1/4

Wonderland represents another low-rung on the downward descent of actor Val Kilmer.

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10/24/03
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
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