The Doors
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62 out of 100

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7.6 out of 10

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  • Starring: Meg Ryan, Val Kilmer
  • Summary: The rise and fall of The Doors frontman Jim Morrison (Kilmer) in the 1960s.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 19
  3. Negative: 1 out of 19
  1. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: William Arnold
    100
    An excessive, expressionistic, agreeably nonjudgmental period biography that carries with it an enormous emotional wallop. [01 Mar 1991]
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  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    80
    It's one hell of a ride and a real, roaring rock movie. [01 Mar 1991]
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  3. Empire
    Reviewed by: Angie Errigo
    60
    Val Kilmer is extraordinary as Morrison, holding the centre with a demonic charisma, while Stone recreates the late '60s milieu with vibrant versimilitude.
  4. Time
    Reviewed by: Richard Corliss
    20
    Maybe it was fun to bathe in decadence back then. But this is no time to wallow in that mire.

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  1. j30
    5
    The making of the rock band is pretty invigorating stuff, however the Jim Morrison biography is uninviting and kind of boring after a while. I thought the movie was called The Doors, not The Rise And Fall Of The Lizard King.… Expand
  2. greenplanet
    5
    Sometimes things come out about performers over time-I think this film should be measured against the bands 1967 live album at the Matrix club when Jim Morrison says 'show me the way to the next little boy' instead of 'little girl' which is kinds not so great anyway-kind of blowing the bands career into the trash from the start-the depiction of JM as a heroic rock figure in light of who he turned out to be is nothing special. I thought he was basically a cool guy before I heard the Matrix release which went from bootleg to official Doors release a few years ago-audio is not much better than a bootleg anyway-they say its 'really good audio' -right-I like Val Kilmer but not in this film somehow....what I said notwithstanding....I think the Hendrix story movie is probably a better bet.… Expand

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