Sad, intense, and beautifully acted.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 27, 2020

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

Very sordid and unexpectedly dull; adults only.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 29, 2010

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.

| Original Score: B- | Jun 14, 2009

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

| Original Score: C | Jun 21, 2007

Unpleasant to view but ultimately satisfying.

| Original Score: 71/100 | May 8, 2007

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

| Original Score: D+ | Jul 29, 2005

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

Full Review | Original Score: B | Jan 29, 2005

This film, however, will fade away quicker than Jenna Jameson when she hits thirty-five.

| Original Score: 1 | Dec 27, 2004

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

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 30, 2004

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 80/100 | Sep 23, 2004

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

| May 10, 2004

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

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Apr 20, 2004

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

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 10, 2004

Cox's film is really an empty experience.

| Original Score: C+ | Feb 17, 2004

...real bottom-of-the-barrel stuff, a scummy story about scummy people.

| Feb 9, 2004

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

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jan 14, 2004

You might actually anticipate learning something about the real JohnnyHolmes and his vocational choices. Think again.

Full Review | Dec 31, 2003

[UPDATED 2025 REVIEW] A shallow recreation of an era, of a lifestyle, and of a counterculture -- in short, a pale facsimile of Paul Thomas Anderson’s superb Boogie Nights.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 4, 2003

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

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 24, 2003