Barely. Less violent than 86% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Barely. Less frightening than 76% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Yes. More sad than 75% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Val easy watching?

Somewhat. More comforting than 71% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Val end with hope?

Somewhat. More hopeful than 62% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Val

Name: Val
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2021
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Val Kilmer, Jack Kilmer, Mercedes Kilmer, Joanne Whalley

The life you live is the story you tell.

Directed by Ting Poo, Leo Scott

Produced by A24, IAC Films

2021109 min7.2 / 10

An intimate, self-curated portrait of an artist's life built from decades of personal footage, balancing vulnerability about illness and struggle with affection for craft and family.

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.

Clusters

Bittersweet Family Stories Bittersweet Second Chances Quirky Characters Finding Purpose Founders and Visionaries Outcasts and Misfits

Genres

Documentary

Keywords

Biography Home Movie Footage Archive Footage Struggling Actor Family Photo Amateur Footage Actor Cancer Victim Fight Against Cancer Biographical Documentary

Questions people ask

Is Val violent? Barely. Less violent than 86% of films.
Is Val scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.
Is Val sad? Yes. More sad than 75% of films.
Is Val easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 71% of films.
Does Val end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 62% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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