You're a daisy if you do miss this film

Rating: 9/10 (17 September 2005)

Val Kilmer's turn as Doc Holiday has a cult following among film fans. Watch "Tombstone" and see why. His Holiday -- an alcoholic, tubercular Southern aristocrat who spouts Latin in one scene and kills a man in the next --resonates even with those of us who don't like Westerns. Kilmer delivers some hilarious lines, and he plays Holiday as the dandified rapscallion we expect. But what makes this portrayal so unforgettable is that he gives us a peek into Holiday's self-destructive soul, too. Kurt Russell is wonderful and subtle as Wyatt Earp, but it's Kilmer who walks away with the movie. Surprise casting alert: Wyatt's wife, Allie, is played by Paula Malcomson, who a decade later plays Trixie on the HBO series "Deadwood."