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A Hole In One (2004)

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Reviews Counted:12

Fresh:2

Rotten:10

Average Rating:4.3/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:2004

Synopsis: Set in small-town America circa 1953, A HOLE IN ONE is a screwball-noir starring Michelle Williams as Anna, a young woman whose desire for mental health leads her to covet its latest fashion --... Set in small-town America circa 1953, A HOLE IN ONE is a screwball-noir starring Michelle Williams as Anna, a young woman whose desire for mental health leads her to covet its latest fashion -- transorbital lobotomy. Her reasons are many. Raised in an archetypal cold-war family, Anna is haunted by her family's treatment of her brother as invisible when he returns "shell-shocked" from World War II and then by his sudden, unexpected death. Anna is scooped-up by Billy (Meat Loaf Aday), a small time gangster, when she is just barely old enough to be considered a woman. Eventually, Anna is caught between Billy and Tom (Tim Guinee), a sympathetic Korean War vet on Billy's payroll. Anna meets Tom on the day she is to see Dr. Ashton and get her head fixed, but will it be too late? Will it be possible for Anna to ever be truly happy? Featuring exquisite photography, rich period detail, an evocative score by Stephen Trask and based on meticulously researched stranger-than-fiction historical facts and medical practices, A HOLE IN ONE is the debut film by writer/director Richard Ledes. -- © Beech Hill Films [More]

Starring: Michelle Williams, Meat Loaf

Starring: Michelle Williams, Meat Loaf

Director: Richard Ledes

Director: Richard Ledes

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02/11/06
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A Hole in One aspires to the Sirkian social satire of Todd Haynes' Far From Heaven, but the result is closer to a Coen brothers film with all the funny parts removed.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
05/13/05
Carina Chocano
Carina Chocano
Los Angeles Times
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Interesting but, in the long run, aimless.

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05/13/05
Andy Klein
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat

Its overindulgence in pseudo–David Lynch stylistics provides yet another distraction from a potentially intriguing story.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
05/12/05
Kim Morgan
Kim Morgan
L.A. Weekly

Things play out differently than expected, though not in any particularly interesting or entertaining way.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
05/10/05
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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Dreadfully misconceived.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
05/06/05
Ken Fox
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide

With its heavy symbolism and awkward, lurching pace, A Hole in One leaves viewers with little more than the vague conviction that falling in love is better than an ice pick to the brain.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
05/06/05
Dana Stevens
Dana Stevens
New York Times
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Director-writer Richard Ledes shows better command of 1950s period atmosphere than he does of either his subject or his cast.

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05/06/05
Jack Mathews
Jack Mathews
New York Daily News
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In writer-director Richard Ledes dreamy, '50s-era film, the lobotomy is touted as a way of controlling the uncontrollable and pacifying the anxious.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
05/05/05
John Anderson
John Anderson
Newsday
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Quirky to the point of irritation.

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05/04/05
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Filmcritic.com

First-time writer-director Richard Ledes's mystical tone and pervasive swipes from David Lynch tend to suffocate his satire, and stunt casting doesn't help.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
05/03/05
Ben Kenigsberg
Ben Kenigsberg
Village Voice
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The film's tapestry of snarky sights and sounds doesn't exactly shed a complex light on the social and emotional problems and behaviors of people who lived in '50s.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
05/01/05
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine

...from the opening titles, with their jangling ice-pick imagery, the film builds an appropriate sense of needling uneasiness...

Full Review Source: All Movie Guide | comment Comment
07/11/04
Josh Ralske
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