Raetsonwe Redundant and unnecessary.

Matrixiole Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

BA_Harrison As much as I vehemently dislike Mark Wahlberg, I do admit to loving Boogie Nights, in which the Funky Bunch singer played Dirk Diggler, a character loosely based on legendary porn-star John Holmes. Brilliantly directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, the film boasted a sharp script, excellent performances from a talented cast (Wahlberg aside), and a great soundtrack, and perfectly captured the sleaze and decadence of the adult movie industry in L.A. during the early '80s.Wonderland, directed by James Cox, attempts to pull off the same trick, charting Holmes' post-porn involvement in an infamous gangland multiple homicide case; like Boogie Nights, it features a terrific ensemble cast, and effectively evokes the era through its amazing soundtrack, but the film proves a far less satisfying experience overall thanks to a script that proves frustratingly inconclusive, a raft of largely unlikeable characters (the only exception being Holmes' wife, played by Lisa Kudrow), and a glut of gimmicky film-making techniques that simply smacks of desperation.

LeonLouisRicci There are so many lurid, crazy, and interesting subjects injected into this movie that it carries you along, despite itself. It is muddled and energy driven and it fails to become totally absorbing. The real-life murders were bizarre and bloody, there's the "attraction" of an involved semi-celebrity, and it is all awash in sex and drugs. This is the type of tabloid tale that it is a guilty pleasure. It has a "Gong Show", and "American Idol" attraction, with a helping of "Unsolved Mysteries".But here we have all this sizzle, and the steak is a tough swallow. There seems to be a confusion of concept going on here. It is too much "MTV" and not enough "Law and Order". The cast yells and screams and are hyper-kinetic and zip around like a crazed experiment in an actor's workshop. The color and tone of this misfire is again, attractive so to speak, but is used to the saturation point and does nothing more than give the proceedings a "post-groovy" appeal.The movie, with no lack of style, is lacking in all that it inspires to interpret. The heinous murders, the drug taking/dealing lifestyle, the decadence, the celebrity cum bum, the "horror" of it all. In the end it is a cheap high, and the crash afterward is not at all pleasant.

geralddunnremo One of the best movie's VAL ever made! By researching the fact's of this flick. It is 99% fact! Great job by entire cast! Hat's off! Excellent movie! Recommend watching! Not a waist of time! Being a very big fan of Vla Kilmer, i must say he should have received an award for his fantastic portrayal of the notorious, Jonny Wadd! Was not a fan of John Holmes, although I was very aware of who and what he was. I also researched his background in searching for fact;s on the movie. H was just a slob with a huge XXXX!. I also understand he resorted to making gay pornography movie's at the end of his carrier. What up with that? 1,400 women I guess went through just about every woman that would have anything to do with him. Well knowing his background, i think if I were a woman, I also would stay far,fr away from him. Also at the time when H,I,V & Aid's were becoming know about! With that said, You should take the time to watch it. Well worth it! Enjoy!

nixskits "Wonderland" is an ugly, hard to watch film that gives us so many bad people ruining their lives with drugs that you have to wonder why it's an important crime story. Probably because the acting is so intense, it's the cinematic equivalent of a crack pipe you can't put down, even though it's burning your hands and you can't get "high" anymore. Be thankful when this is over that you don't have a drug habit. And if you're using, get help now!Val Kilmer is so in tune with the broken down wreck of a porn legend who can't do much more than destroy himself and cut his ties with the straight world that his portrayal is truly horrifying. He meets his criminal match for out of control indulgence in the gang of dealers and robbers that live in or visit the house on Wonderland Avenue. Josh Lucas, Dylan McDermott and Tim Blake Nelson are the brazen trio willing to rip off anyone for a fix and the great Eric Bogosian is the ultimate prince of darkness gangster they foolishly cross. What happens next is not good!Detective characters based on Bob Souza and Tom Lange, the two men that had the dead end assignment of trying to solve this hell on earth of a case, try to separate the lies from the brutal facts. Ted Levine, playing the older partner, is especially intense, as in the words of director James Cox. "Look at that guy, man. That guy can make gum chewing interesting!" Yes, he does. If anyone plays a cop who's seen too much better than Levine does here, give them the award for best performance as an LAPD Robbery-Homicide veteran.Much of the script is verbatim from Holmes' and David Lind's (McDermott) own words. It becomes a duel of two sociopaths each trying to establish their version of events as the on the record account of what "really" happened back in the summer of '81.Holmes' one redeeming link to the truth is his soon to be ex-wife, Sharon, where Lisa Kudrow turns in her best work ever. She's a woman in a predicament. The man she still loves emotionally needs her to save him from his cocaine based purgatory and finds she won't end her life in normal society to enter the witness protection program with him and his girlfriend, Kate Bosworth. (Before Tina Fey became forever linked with Sarah Palin, I thought the role of Sharon would have suited her! She has a resemblance to the photos of the former Mrs. Holmes shown in the documentary "Wadd".)Why did Holmes live when so many others didn't? He didn't really escape, as AIDS related illnesses and his continuing drug abuse finished off the remaining years (he died at age 43 in 1988). An amusing urban legend about Holmes actually being "Leave It To Beaver" actor Ken Osmond was debunked many years ago by Osmond himself, who ironically became a cop after his acting days ended. But if Holmes ever had a "legit" acting career, "Eddie Haskell" is exactly the kind of role he would have naturally fallen into, the congenital liar who knew how to pacify authority figures with a gleam in his eye and dishonesty in his heart.