Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Nov 18, 2025 2/4

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.

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Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Sep 27, 2020 3.5/4.0

Sad, intense, and beautifully acted.

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Antonia Quirke London Evening Standard Dec 15, 2017

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.

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Nell Minow Common Sense Media Dec 29, 2010 2/5

Very sordid and unexpectedly dull; adults only.

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Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Jun 14, 2009 B-

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.

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Jason Gorber Film Scouts Jun 21, 2007 C

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

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Jamie Gillies Apollo Guide May 8, 2007 71/100

Unpleasant to view but ultimately satisfying.

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Nick Schager Lessons of Darkness Jul 29, 2005 D+

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

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Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Jan 29, 2005 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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Jordan Hiller Bangitout.com Dec 27, 2004 1

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

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Jay Antani Los Angeles Alternative Sep 30, 2004 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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Joe Utichi FilmFocus Sep 23, 2004 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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Tom Grealis RTÉ (Ireland) May 10, 2004

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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Kent Turner Film-Forward.com Apr 20, 2004 2.5/5

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

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Pablo Villaça Cinema em Cena Mar 10, 2004 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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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Feb 17, 2004 C+

Cox's film is really an empty experience.

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Thomas Delapa Boulder Weekly Feb 9, 2004

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

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Stacie Hougland Hollywood.com Jan 14, 2004 1.5/4

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

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Prairie Miller Long Island Press Dec 31, 2003

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

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Geoff Pevere Toronto Star Oct 24, 2003 2/5

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

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