****1/2 out of 5

Rating: Null/10 (18 July 2002)

You don't need to be a Doors fan to feel the magic that this movie gives off. Whether you love him or hate him there is no denying that Oliver Stone is one of the most unique minds in cinema these days. Stone fans will love this as he stamps his trademark style all over this, there is no man who could have done this movie justice except for him. Alongside Stone's mezmorizing direction comes a script that is almost as poetic as the Doors themselves. Val Kilmer is a dead ringer for Jim Morrison. Whenever the focus is on him he is not a man playing a character we are actually looking at Jim Morrison. The film cronicles the life of Morrison from the death of his parents at a young age right up until his untimely death due to drugs, a topic that Stone doesn't touch upon lightly in this film. The desert secene is beautifuuly directed and wonderfully acted, it also feels like you are being sucked in yourself and actually living the life of this utterly twisted man. The soundtrack fuels the film with many Doors classics. The movie may run a little longer than it should and this makes some areas seem rather dry and dragged on lossing it half a star but Doors fans and Stone fans alike will rank this high one their lists as a classic to go down in history right beside the likes of Stones other works of art and even though like most Stone movies this is not for all tastes and the ones who don't like it are the ones who hated Natural Born Killers and U-Turn but for the ones who will understand it will be provided with a roller coaster ride through the live or a great muscian.