Val

July. 23,2021      R
Rating:
7.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood’s most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors has been documenting his own life and craft through film and video. He has amassed thousands of hours of footage, from 16mm home movies made with his brothers, to time spent in iconic roles for blockbuster movies like Top Gun, The Doors, Tombstone, and Batman Forever. This raw, wildly original and unflinching documentary reveals a life lived to extremes and a heart-filled, sometimes hilarious look at what it means to be an artist and a complex man.

Val Kilmer as  Self
Jack Kilmer as  Self / Narrator
Mercedes Kilmer as  Self
Joanne Whalley as  Self
Kevin Bacon as  Self (archive footage)
Sean Penn as  Self (archive footage)
Marlon Brando as  Self (archive footage)
David Thewlis as  Self (archive footage)
Kurt Russell as  Self (archive footage)
Kelly McGillis as  Self (archive footage)

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Reviews

Stometer
2021/07/23

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

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Abbigail Bush
2021/07/24

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

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Kaydan Christian
2021/07/25

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

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Kaelan Mccaffrey
2021/07/26

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

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