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Rating:  - Going into the hole
At the start of the film we see an exhausted zombie like Birch walking back on campus (after escaping the hole). She and 3 friends (looking for a fun place to party) got trapped in a WW2 bunker. But how did it happen? The movie takes us through 2 interesting versions of what happened.
The hole features some talented unknown actors/actresses (except Knightly ofcourse, who is well known). The characters are interesting, and the music is very good too. However, the story is a little unbelievable, leaving some watchers with many "why did they do that?" questions. My advice is to not ask yourself "why did she/he do that". The characters do alot of things that don't make sense and you will enjoy the movie alot more if you just forget about the flaws.
This isn't a bad movie, but you will enjoy it alot more if you have low expectations
Rating:  - Directors Need to Ask for Directions
***Possible SPOILERS ahead*** Tale of a group of spoiled-rich teenagers getting into a hole and having problems to getting out of it. It is composed of two movements: a short straight story that is really scary and is resolved by an "act of god", and a second very weak part which transforms one of the characters from an innocent nerd into a minor Kayzer Sosze. From the moment the second version of the story appears the script starts to tumble down the stairs until it get wrapped in muddy waters (literally). This `crazy-mastermind' part is unbelievable and is left unresolved with a wink to spectators that don't ask for much. I would let this pass and consider this film as a minor effective entertainment if not for the fact that the final scenes between the psychologist and the crazy student which reveals the truth are badly managed and fail to produce tension or lasting horror.
Rating: - An ok movie
If you are purchasing this movie to see Keira Knightly's breasts, make sure you don't blink as you will miss them.
Otherwise the movie is good
Rating: - Impressed but not...
I bought this DVD because of Kiera Knightly, I won't deny it. That said I was not expecting much. It still disappointed me.
This film had some good story ideas, but it didn't deliver on any of them. The thriller aspect of it was less than thrilling and I found it to be anticlimatic.
If you are a Kiera fan I guess its worth having for the collection or renting it. If not there is no point to buying or renting this DVD.
Rating: - Possibly The Worst Film Blunder Ever
Warning: Spoilers Abound.
Okay folks, I was flipping channels and came across a movie called The Hole, starring Thora Birch, Keira Knightley and Desmond Harrington. Now, aside from this terrible blunder I'm going to tell you about in just a few more sentences, the film was fairly entertaining. I dig Thora Birch, and her character was really well-played. What really shocked me though, was my quick research after the film was over. I mean, I checked IMdB, Rotten Tomatoes and Wikipedia. Although all reputable sources, none mentioned this ridiculous mistake.
Have you ever been so utterly sure of something so blantantly, painstakingly obvious that it would literally take an entirely different, alien planet to be able to even minutely comprehend the vast insipidness of its vacuous residents? That's how I felt after watching this movie and realizing that apparently I'm the only goddamn human being on this prosaic, infantile planet who immediately saw the dimwitted aberration for what it was!
And what exactly was this stupendous error, you ask? Well... It's very simple. I mean, it couldn't get more common sensically moronic than this. The basic plot of the film is four teenagers trapped in an old war bunker. The movie begins with Thora Birch's rendition of what happened: that her friend set this whole thing up, locked them in the 'hole' and didn't come back when he was supposed to. She escapes and the three others die. The story changes from what she originally told her psychiatrist to what actually happened. Turns out the only way out was actually locked from the inside and Thora had the key the whole time. The other teenagers die for various reasons, irrelevant to the blunder at hand, and she ends up telling the tale to her psychiatrist from inside the bunker. In the end, she kills the guy who set it up and plants the key on him. The police come and find Thora and her psychiatrist in the 'hole' and after rebuking the psychiatrist, mention that the case is now closed. At that moment, a flashback shows Thora murdering her friend that set everything up and planting the key on him. Right after that moment, I said to myself: "What the heck? The door locks from the inside?! It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that either a) the door was never locked, or b) someone had to unlock it from the inside!" Alright, those weren't my exact words, but good god, it's so obvious!
And that, my friends, has got to be possibly the worst film blunder ever.
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