The whole movie is white hot, lapped in honeyed golds, evilly blue and black or drenched in those swoony, fiery reds. The Doors blasts your ears and scorches your eyes.
– Michael Wilmington,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jun 2014
fresh:
Insidiously funny and remarkably truthful about the psychedelic rock scene in the late 1960.
– John Hartl,
Seattle Times,
17 Jun 2014
rotten:
While it has its moments, taken by itself, The Doors amounts to little more than an impressionistic look at a boy and his death wish.
– Carrie Rickey,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
17 Jun 2014
rotten:
Hysteria, however skillfully maintained, should never be mistaken for art -- a caution that applies equally to Stone and his subject.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Jun 2014
rotten:
For a while, the obviousness and flat-out vulgarity are sort of entertaining, and it might be possible to enjoy the movie as a camp classic if you could ignore the mean-spiritedness that keeps breaking through.