The Hole
1998, Drama, 1h 33m
20 Reviews 2,500+ RatingsWhat to know
Hauntingly surreal and refreshingly original, The Hole finds love and horror in the humdrum rhythm of quarantine life. Read critic reviews
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Critic Reviews for The Hole
All Critics (20) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (17) | Rotten (3)
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Idiosyncratic, of course, but immensely impressive.
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It's a fascinating combination of reality and the fantastical notion of the ways in which we cope.
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The feelings that "The Hole" awakens will be recognizable to anyone, even if no one else could possibly have made it.
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An illuminating, musical embrace for the ages.
March 8, 2005 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review… -
Despite a strong premise, powerful visuals, and excellent performances, I could not even grasp what it was trying to say by the end.
October 12, 2020 | Rating: 5/10 | Full Review… -
Tsai's Kafakaesque existential nightmare turns quarantine into a uniquely harrowing love story, its digressions into abstraction in turn terrifying and rapturous.
September 15, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for The Hole
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Feb 26, 2016The musical numbers don't always fit organically within the story, but Tsai's bleak idea of a post-apocalyptic Taiwan under constant rain and in maximum literal isolation is a powerful one as he pictures modern disconnected people turning into cockroaches in the middle of garbage.Carlos M Super Reviewer
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Sep 19, 2015An epidemic hits Taiwan, people who suffered from the disease become cockroach like in terms of their behaviour. A plumber created a hole in a man's apartment and the man and his neighbour began to suffer from the delusions and hallucinations of the effect of the disease. The hole represented the depression in a socially planned urban environment, everyone fills it with different methods. The hole is also a musical that juxtaposed the depression with cheerful tunes.Sylvester K Super Reviewer
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May 04, 2013like my favorite depression era cinema: bleak as all hell, with musical numbers!!Stella D Super Reviewer
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Nov 30, 2011How much does real life differ from this piece of minimalistic anarchy? Ever wondered why does the virus already involve the lowest behaviors any human could display (lowering its status to a cockroach)? "We are already living in an apocalypse", Ming-liang argues throughout with this spectacular oddity, "and we are already living as such". I'm not quoting him directly but trust me, it's much more fun to try to decipher what a director tells to us by our own rather than consulting the web or exclusive interviews. Kill some neurons! 97/100Edgar C Super Reviewer
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