Great Biopic

Rating: 9/10 (28 December 2013)

Brilliant, brilliant performance by Val Kilmer - one of the greatest actors of his generation who's had all too few opportunities like this movie to really shine. This is one of his very best - and if it were his ONLY film, it would still establish him as a heavyweight, one of the best of the best. Like Gary Oldman's spot-on performance as Beethoven in Immortal Beloved, Kilmer has us believing we are watching Jim Morrison himself throughout this film. He channels the quirky and inscrutable showman brilliantly, in full color. Kilmer is absolutely stunning in this film. Incredible. The film itself has its imperfections - it doesn't quite rise to 10-star status - but Kilmer's performance is as good as it gets.