Look, if you're a Doors superfan or a parent nostalgic for 60s rock mythology, Val Kilmer's performance alone is worth the watch—it's genuinely impressive. But as a film? It's a slog. Oliver Stone's bombastic style hasn't aged well, and the 140-minute runtime feels like Morrison's own drug-addled fever dream.
The bigger issue: this romanticizes Morrison's self-destruction without offering much insight. You get 197 f-bombs, endless drug scenes, and a parade of naked women, but very little depth about who Morrison actually was beyond 'tortured poet who partied himself to death.' Reddit Doors fans call it a 'simpleton's view,' and they're not wrong.
For parents: this is absolutely not for kids. Not even older teens, really. It's adult content through and through, and not particularly enriching adult content at that. If your college-aged kid is studying 60s counterculture or music history, fine—but even then, there are better documentaries. The WISE score reflects what it is: a dated, indulgent biopic that's more spectacle than substance.





