Val

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Val

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2021,

1h 49m,

Documentary/

Biography

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For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood's most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors has been documenting his own life and craft through film and video. He has amassed thousands of hours of footage, from 16mm home movies made with his brothers, to time spent in iconic roles for blockbuster movies like Top Gun, The Doors, Tombstone, and Batman Forever. This raw, wildly original and unflinching documentary reveals a life lived to extremes and a heart-filled, sometimes hilarious look at what it means to be an artist and a complex man.

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An absorbingly reflective documentary that benefits from its subject's self-chronicling, Val offers an intimate look at a unique life and career.

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Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Dec 7, 2021

4/5

You grow surprisingly attached to Val Kilmer as this goes along, and prepared to indulge his pretentious side as he grapples for a state of grace.

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

ABC Radio (Australia)

Aug 11, 2021

4.5/5

A raw, honest portrait of self-reflection by one of Hollywood's biggest names in a personally and professionally challenging period of transition.

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Robert Levin

Newsday

Aug 9, 2021

3/4

It presents an actor reckoning not only with the imprint left upon him by his roles, but with how to reconstitute one of his most difficult moments into a period of freedom.

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Terry Staunton

Radio Times

Apr 17, 2025

3/5

Memories both happy and tragic from family life, and his marriage to (and subsequent separation from) fellow thespian Joanne Whalley, are addressed with remarkable candour.

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Harry Solomons

Loud and Clear Reviews

Jan 8, 2025

3.5/5

Unashamedly subjective, Val is a unique treatise on the art of acting by one of the industry’s most enigmatic figureheads.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

Aug 17, 2022

4/5

It’s a intensely personal film with a deep sense of longing, not so much for a career that once was, but for a chance to finally tell his life story in his own words.

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For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood's most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors has been documenting his own life and craft through film and video. He has amassed thousands of hours of footage, from 16mm home movies made with his brothers, to time spent in iconic roles for blockbuster movies like Top Gun, The Doors, Tombstone, and Batman Forever. This raw, wildly original and unflinching documentary reveals a life lived to extremes and a heart-filled, sometimes hilarious look at what it means to be an artist and a complex man.

Director: Ting Poo, Leo Scott
Producer: Ali Alborzi, Andrew Fried, Val Kilmer, Brad Koepenick, Dane Lillegard, Ting Poo, Leo Scott, Jordan Wynn
Screenwriter: Val Kilmer
Distributor: Amazon Studios
Production Co: TwainMania, Cartel Film Production, A24, Boardwalk Pictures, IAC Films, Cartel Films
Rating: R (Some Language)
Genre: Documentary, Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 23, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 6, 2021
Runtime: 1h 49m

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