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Oliver Stone might have considered his film a tribute to the enduring power of the Doors' music, but he seems to have also intended it as a cautionary tale on the perils of both celebrity and substance abuse. Starring Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison, the film focuses on the Lizard King from his days as a UCLA film student in the .. Read more

Starring	Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Kyle MacLachlan, Frank Whaley
Director	Oliver Stone
Genres	Drama

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- Oliver Stones hallucinatory psychodrama biopic of rock god/poet Jim Morrison goes further than most cinematic memoirs of artists in confronting its subject's destructive impulses while glorifying his creative energy
- 173782
- - Empire
  - 03 Mar 2011 at 02:12
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  The adolescent idol
  
  I've forgotten why I ever liked this movie. In fact I've forgotten why I ever liked Jim Morrison
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Anonymous
  - Scotland
  - 01 May 2005 at 11:25
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  the music
  
  A biopic about jim morrison and the doors, from the beginning of his carrer to his untimely death, I like this film more for the music than the film content and... read more »
  
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- - parky25
  - 8 reviews
  - Salford
  - 11 Apr 2011 at 19:48
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  - 1
  Essentially boring
  
  Same old story - beautiful young man discovers music, fame, fortune and drugs and goes to the bad. I didn't feel as if this film added anything to the mix. ... read more »
  
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- - blue jane
  - North Yorkshire, UK
  - 01 Nov 2010 at 09:34
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  The Doors
  
  The dialogue in the film is minimal, it mainly consists of music and performances. It isn't really a story of The Doors, it more tells the story of Jim ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Sheffield
  - 24 Nov 2008 at 12:51
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  Interesting but hard to watch unless your under the influence of
  
  Good in terms of biography or a musical legend but difficult to follow in parts and got very bored with all the drugs
  
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  - Manchester
  - 09 Oct 2008 at 20:09
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  Love IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
  Brilliant film, just brilliant, if your a fan of the doors you will love this, and even if your not a fan you will enjoy this film. Val Kilmer pulls off one of ... read more »
  
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- - andylennon20012000
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  - Runcorn
  - 05 Mar 2008 at 14:54
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  not the doors but a good laugh
  
  bought the songs wore the tshirt read the books.........it's worth a watch but as a doors fan the film shouldnt be called the doors,but boy if this is how ... read more »
  
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- - jamie smith
  - falkirk
  - 12 Mar 2007 at 20:04
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  Fantastic
  
  This film is a true masterpiece from Oliver Stone. Whether you are a Doors fan or not, the amazing performance from Val Kilmer is mind ... read more »
  
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- - Lez Bartlett
  - Aberdeen, Scotland
  - 11 Jan 2007 at 14:05
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  Enjoyed It
  
  Love the Doors music - enjoyed the film. Val Kilmer was uncanny in his role - could have been a kid brother! The likeness was very ... read more »
  
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  - Manchester
  - 24 Dec 2006 at 09:21
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  Open the doors in your mind.......
  
  I believe this is a really good and interesting view in to the life of the Doors. If you like the music and haven't seen the film, I don't think you ... read more »
  
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- - Reavsie
  - 46 reviews
  - Cambridgeshire
  - 06 Jun 2006 at 11:05
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  Excellent!
  
  This is a excellent biopic about the late Jim Morrison. Val Kilmer really played the part well but I am not sure that Meg Ryan was as convincing. Anyway it'... read more »
  
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- - Leon Blackwood
  - Newbury Park, Ilford, London
  - 03 Jun 2006 at 19:35
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- - 11
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  The adolescent idol
  
  I've forgotten why I ever liked this movie. In fact I've forgotten why I ever liked Jim Morrison
  
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- 134874
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Anonymous
  - Scotland
  - 01 May 2005 at 11:25
- - 4
  - 0
  Kilmer shines as lizard king
  
  Oliver Stone continues his obsession with chronicling the sixties from every available angle, here focusing on acid rock kings The Doors.
  
  Essentially... read more »
  
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- - MerryPrankster801
  - Lincs.
  - 07 Aug 2004 at 11:28
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  Good film if you're a Doors fan
  
  Val Kilmer does a great job in his role as Jim Morrison. Great film if you're a Doors fan.
  
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  - London
  - 15 Oct 2004 at 16:59
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  LA Man
  
  A thoroughly absorbing and well-researched depiction of the booze-soaked, hell-raising, drug-popping, performance artist genius that was the phenomenon of Jim ... read more »
  
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- - klauski
  - west sussex
  - 06 Apr 2005 at 14:28
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  not the doors but a good laugh
  
  bought the songs wore the tshirt read the books.........it's worth a watch but as a doors fan the film shouldnt be called the doors,but boy if this is how ... read more »
  
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- - jamie smith
  - falkirk
  - 12 Mar 2007 at 20:04
- - 1
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  the music
  
  A biopic about jim morrison and the doors, from the beginning of his carrer to his untimely death, I like this film more for the music than the film content and... read more »
  
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- 981262
- - parky25
  - 8 reviews
  - Salford
  - 11 Apr 2011 at 19:48
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  This film to me was ...
  
  This film to me was just a self indulgent look at one of the most controversial groups of the late sixties. Miss nice Meg Ryan plays Morrisons girlfriend Pamela... read more »
  
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- - baglady#1
  - NORTHAMPTON
  - 01 Aug 2004 at 12:33
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  The film looks good ...
  
  The film looks good and for fans of the music it is a treat. The story is rather depressing however and Mrs Nick didn't want to watch it again (we saw it a... read more »
  
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  - ACCRINGTON
  - 14 Oct 2004 at 08:37
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  OK , But alot missing
  
  It is ok to watch if you like the doors but for the real fans there is alot of detail missing compared to Nobody Gets out of Here Alive ( book ) . There are ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Hull , England
  - 06 May 2005 at 18:28
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  THE DOORS
  
  VAL KILMER PLAYS JIM MORRISON TO A 'T', A MUST IF YOU ARE A DOORS FAN
  
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- - peter rumsey
  - LEEDS, ENGLAND
  - 18 Jun 2005 at 09:05

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Critics' reviews
- Oliver Stones hallucinatory psychodrama biopic of rock god/poet Jim Morrison goes further than most cinematic memoirs of artists in confronting its subject's destructive impulses while glorifying his creative energy
- 173782
- - Empire
  - 03 Mar 2011 at 02:12
- "...The whole movie is white hot, lapped in honeyed golds, evilly blue and black or drenched in those swoony, fiery reds. THE DOORS blasts your ears and scorches your eyes..."
- 11034
- - Los Angeles Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
- Despite the title, the focus of this grandiose biopic is The Doors' singer Jim Morrison. Fans will enjoy it most; others are likely to find it noisy, overlong and over-busy.
- 32138
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
- It's one of several compensatory surprises in this foray into the '60s that, as Jim Morrison, erstwhile paperweight Val... read more on Time Out
- 45431
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:15
- "...Clamorous, reverential, much-larger-than-life....Kilmer captures all of Morrisons's reckless, insinuating appeal..."
- 11035
- - New York Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
- "...THE DOORS is a thrilling spectacle - the KING KONG of rock movies..."
- 11036
- - Rolling Stone
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59

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