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The Doors

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Critics' Reviews

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ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
The Doors is a thrilling spectacle - the King Kong of rock movies - featuring a starmaking, ball-of-fire performance by Val Kilmer as Morrison.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Jay Carr
Stone's film rolls off the screen with affection and authority, even when Morrison's life enters its sodden, bummed-out finale, and Val Kilmer does an uncanny job of identifying with Morrison. [01 Mar 1991]Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Joe Brown
It's a slick, smarter than average biopic.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Michael Wilmington
It's one hell of a ride and a real, roaring rock movie. [01 Mar 1991]Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Mike Clark
Kilmer seems less dangerous than Morrison, but it's a blessing in the most uncompromising bio of a please- don't-move-next-door type since "Raging Bull." [01 Mar 1991]Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
The experience of watching The Doors is not always very pleasant.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Hal Hinson
I don't care what Dylan said, everyone must not get Stoned.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Caryn James
It is made by a Morrison groupie for other groupies, a film that leaves the rest of us locked outside wondering what the fuss is about.Read Full Review »
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Time: Richard Corliss
Maybe it was fun to bathe in decadence back then. But this is no time to wallow in that mire.Read Full Review »
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