from Film Forum, 10/09/031970s porn star John Holmes is the subject of director James Cox's new film Wonderland, which focuses on Holmes' post-stardom life in the 80s, in which he spirals downward into a life of drugs, debauchery, and eventually a quadruple homicide in Los Angeles. Suffice to say that this is not necessarily the best choice for family viewing this weekend, in spite of its all-star cast, which includes Lisa Kudrow, Kate Bosworth, and Val Kilmer in the leading role.
David DiCerto (CNS) sums it up: "Full of graphically disturbing violence … [Cox's film reveals] a morally barren landscape so devoid of redeemable features that it is nearly impossible for viewers to invest any emotional interest, let alone sympathy, in the film's mostly repellent characters."
