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36 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Film ThreatFilm ThreatWhen you watch Wonderland, going back twenty years plus, you think you're in for some paleontological expedition. Yet, thanks to James Cox's considered and adept direction, a cast and script that never cheats the experience or realism of Hollywood's enigmatic underbelly -- the drama of the 1981 Wonderland murders is de-petrified.
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliOnce you leave Wonderland, you may feel like you need a shower, but, while you're in the moment, it's a compelling journey into the depths of hell on earth.
- 50Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversCharacter gets sacrificed for just another true-crime drama.
- 50VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyHas absolutely nothing to say about its characters and their lamentable actions.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanWhen we finally do see what happened, it's a genuine shock, a nightmare vision of a hedonist who forged his own hell.
- 50L.A. WeeklyScott FoundasL.A. WeeklyScott FoundasThe vaporous Wonderland never moves beyond its grungily romanticized view of the past.
- 50Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe murder-mystery plot is told in rough-and-tumble style, full of sound and fury but signifying almost nothing in the end.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThere seem to be some impressive performances here, though it's not always easy to tell because director James Cox is always feverishly cutting away to something or other.
- 40The New YorkerAnthony LaneThe New YorkerAnthony LaneWe are led through a murky and, it must be said, wholly uninvolving saga of substance abuse and related multiple murders. [6 October 2003, p. 138]
- 40Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonJonesing for headlines and gossip-buzz, Wonderland is too look-Ma for its own good -- the simple story of a doomed hop-hog over his head in bad shit could've hit the nerve if left to tell itself.