The Hole (2001)

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• J P

  
  The credits were the best part. The flashlight effect on all the names. It was really cool. Okay whoa. I just realized how completely unrealistic this movie is. Liz wasn't even suspected in the deaths of her friends, they just put all the blame on that one kid and closed… More
  The credits were the best part. The flashlight effect on all the names. It was really cool. Okay whoa. I just realized how completely unrealistic this movie is. Liz wasn't even suspected in the deaths of her friends, they just put all the blame on that one kid and closed the case. Wouldn't it be suspicious that Liz was the only one that was able to escape? And how would she have escaped if they were all locked in? And how could they be locked in, if the door only locks from the inside? Why would the investigators take one teenager's word over another? Why would they jump to the conclusion that Martin committed suicide? What was his motive for that? There wasn't even anything tying him to the crime scene! Are these investigators complete dumbasses or is this plot just stupid? Also, out of ALL the places you could go to have a "getaway party" why would you choose an unsafe bunker from World War ll? These children are stupid, and so are the investigators. The more I think about it, the more this movie sucks. The movie was kind of boring and really predictable. From the start, it was so obvious *spoiler* that the girl Liz was a crazy bitch. It really wasn't that shocking. The way the kids died was also not very thrilling. One guy goes crazy and kills the other guy, the girl who is so thin and into herself dies from Bulimia, another guy falls off the 50 year old rusted ladder....whoaa shocking! It was pretty bland. The plot seemed interesting, but the way the movie put it together made it confusing and boring. It wasn't absolutely terrible, but I definitely wouldn't watch it again.

• Anthony L

  
  More like the Bumhole! Keira Knightley got her tits out before she was 16! That?s nasty!

• E.J. B

  
  The Hole is a great blend of horror and psychological thriller. It's disturbing, not only in the amount of physical violence that the characters inflict on each other, but in the film's analysis of one girl's willingness to do whatever it takes to win over the object… More
  The Hole is a great blend of horror and psychological thriller. It's disturbing, not only in the amount of physical violence that the characters inflict on each other, but in the film's analysis of one girl's willingness to do whatever it takes to win over the object of her affection. Thora Birch and Desmond Harrington star alongside a young Keira Knightley. Nick Hamm, who will go on to direct the forgettable Godsend, delivers a clever, tense, and terrifyingly realistic look at high school obsession underlying a whodunit that will have you guessing right up till the very end!

• Film C

  
  I really really liked this film, the acting was good and the storyline was good and it keeps you guessing and still surprises you at the end as you come to one conclusion and gives you a completely different answer. Its about 4 teenagers who dont go on this trip and end up in this… More
  I really really liked this film, the acting was good and the storyline was good and it keeps you guessing and still surprises you at the end as you come to one conclusion and gives you a completely different answer. Its about 4 teenagers who dont go on this trip and end up in this hole which is a secret underground bunker and then the door wont open when tey wont to leave, through a series of different stories told by differnt people everything is what it seems and the survivor doesnt seem quite so innocent even though shes been through a great ordeal!! This film is suspenseful and brilliantly written!

• _kelly .

  
  "So Fucked Up" highlight: girl pukes herself to death

• Emily A

  
  This is one of the few movies that kept me awake when I first saw it. Then again, this was one of the first movies I saw when I was getting into contemporary horror. But yes, the unreliable narrator, the twist ending, the descent into hopelessness and madness. There is so damn much… More
  This is one of the few movies that kept me awake when I first saw it. Then again, this was one of the first movies I saw when I was getting into contemporary horror. But yes, the unreliable narrator, the twist ending, the descent into hopelessness and madness. There is so damn much here that is freaky. Plus the whole story is told in flashback, giving the whole movie a sense of inevitability. Pair all this with the score, and you have a real formidable horror film. Hoo. Chills.

• Jason D

  
  Fairly predictable and pointless movie. It's okay, but I wouldn't want to sit through it again.

• Candy R

  
  Creepy movie about a group of teenagers trapped in a hole.

• xGary X

  
  A group of suspiciously pretty teens are trapped in an old bomb shelter and gradually turn on themselves and each other as desperation sets in. Not a bad psychological pot-boiler and there's a decent twist, but it all descends into hysterical melodrama by the end. Not bad though.

• Drew S

  
  Perhaps the most notable thing about The Hole is Keira Knightley's presence, where she bares her underage boobies for all the world to see. Crazy British films! Past that, though, the movie doesn't offer a whole lot of original ideas to the thriller genre. It's an… More
  Perhaps the most notable thing about The Hole is Keira Knightley's presence, where she bares her underage boobies for all the world to see. Crazy British films! Past that, though, the movie doesn't offer a whole lot of original ideas to the thriller genre. It's an inconsistently effective movie; most of its success stems from strong characters. The four main teenagers are sympathetic people, not bodies waiting to hit the ground like in most movies of this ilk. Thora Birch does an especially convincing job as our troubled protagonist, who isn't playing with a full deck in many senses of the phrase. There's even a decently interesting pseudo-antagonist. But beyond that, The Hole doesn't accomplish much. It's not very scary, which is probably its main trapping. It's almost as if the movie is pulling its punches a lot of the time. It could have much better job playing off the claustrophobia, the paranoia and the situation in general, but it feels empty. In addition, there are several scenes where it's difficult to suspend disbelief. All in all, The Hole is worth the 100 minutes, but it's vacuous entertainment at best. Nothing award-winning here.

• Dean !

  
  A cool UK thriller with some neat twists. Starring a young Keira Knightley.

• Ilyaas H

  
  Subtly sick and twisted, The Hole may not offer the thrills, but it certainly offers the chills thanks to the writing of the lead character - a deranged and outrageously twisted schoolgirl.

• Laura C

  
  I wasn't so thrilled with this film. In fact I'd go so far as to say it was pretty lame. I rented the film because I thought the concept was interesting.-four highschool students trapped in an underground bunker sounded like a pretty interesting social experiement, but it… More
  I wasn't so thrilled with this film. In fact I'd go so far as to say it was pretty lame. I rented the film because I thought the concept was interesting.-four highschool students trapped in an underground bunker sounded like a pretty interesting social experiement, but it turned out to be rather brainless. The story was primarily about a young woman's obsession with a goodlooking and popular a-hole (with zero charm). Thora Birch is Liz Dunn, the protagonist with a pretty sketchy British accent. I just didn't care about any of the characters, the only exception being Laurence Fox's character, but I think I have a soft spot for him because I love him on the British mystery series, Inspector Lewis. I generally don't mind if a film follows one direction and then veers off into another but I really don't know what purpose it really serves in this case. What I did like was the grittiness. The bunker is realistically dirty and the bathroom facilities are less than ideal. And the side story involving Keira Knightley's character's eating disorder which involves diet pill-popping shows us how ugly it can be to look pretty. I find it interesting how Knightley's featured on the movie poster though she is a secondary character, Definetly there as eye candy. We all know Thora Birch doesn't quite measure up to Hollywood's narrow standards. Overall I say skip this one. And I still (days later) can't stop cringing when I think about the incredibly lame ending.

• Duncan R

  
  A horror movie that actually disturbs me is a rare and beautiful thing. This one made my skin crawl...my skin quite literally crawled. The cast is excellent, especially Thora Birch, and claustrophobia immediately set in for both the cast and the viewers. Not a pleasant movie, but a… More
  A horror movie that actually disturbs me is a rare and beautiful thing. This one made my skin crawl...my skin quite literally crawled. The cast is excellent, especially Thora Birch, and claustrophobia immediately set in for both the cast and the viewers. Not a pleasant movie, but a good one nonetheless.

• Joey N

  
  WHY is this marketed as Keira Knightly movie? It stars the less attractive Thora Birch, who I'm really just not a fan of. My interest in this film, and it's originality, resembles an arch. It starts off pretentiously, a bunch of "look what I learned in film… More
  WHY is this marketed as Keira Knightly movie? It stars the less attractive Thora Birch, who I'm really just not a fan of. My interest in this film, and it's originality, resembles an arch. It starts off pretentiously, a bunch of "look what I learned in film school!" camera angles and some ambiguity to entice your interest, then things twist and turn every few minutes, it seems. By the time the real premise becomes clear, we're hooked. Then things unfold predictably and end in a giant horror-film cliche. The characters aren't developed enough to make their actions seem believable. Some definetle false notes are hit. A better script and director would could have done more with this considerable material. All in all, decent but not groundbreaking.

• d j

  
  Like the other said.. Kinda slow and boring in parts. Theres kind of a twist but not to shocking.. Figured out how this was going to end. Cool movie to watch at least once

• John M

  
  This is a well crafted move holding the attention of the viewer from beginning to end. Your attention is captured quickly with a very dramatic start. As the story reveals in glimpses the situation moves from a light, teenage relationship style to a much darker side. The characters… More
  This is a well crafted move holding the attention of the viewer from beginning to end. Your attention is captured quickly with a very dramatic start. As the story reveals in glimpses the situation moves from a light, teenage relationship style to a much darker side. The characters are well developed, revealing increasing texture to the personalities as the movie progresses. Twisted and enjoyable thriller.

• Adam M

  
  Interesting horror about a group of public school students that go down an abandoned shelter to get out of a school trip but get more than they bargained for. Good story with some cool twists.

• Sunil J

  
  Such a weird movie but I really enjoyed it for what it was.

• Janice :

  
  Almost traumatizing! Very bizarre.

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