BBC Home

Explore the BBC


19th July 2009
Accessibility help
Text only

BBC Homepage

Contact Us


Like this page?
Send it to a friend!

 
reviews /  editor film review
editor content by: editor
wonderland
wonderland
watch 

watch wonderland trailer

real player to access audio and video on collective you need real player.
Val Kilmer is a dick.

Boogie Nights meets Rashomon’s multi-perspective storylines, in a flashy account of porn legend John Holmes (Val Kilmer) and his speculative involvement in LA’s infamous 1981 Wonderland Avenue murders. This is a weak excuse to indulge a bunch of actors in their junkie role-play fantasies while plugging a rose-tinted retro soundtrack. It also sidelines the most interesting relationships (how Holmes’ wife mothers him and his girlfriend) and fails to realise – or care – that the tedious Holmes himself is basically a dick.


Leigh Singer 07 May 04 rating of 2
Wonderland, on selected release 07 May 04.
 conversations
Read members' comments.

If you register you can discuss this article with other users.


related info
boogie nights
true romance
see also
on bbc.co.uk
film

film archive
The best of cinema in the UK from 2002 to 2008.
film network
film network


About the BBC | Help | Terms of Use | Privacy & Cookies Policy