A Hole in One
  • Release Date: May 6, 2005
Metascore
37 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 8 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 8
  3. Negative: 4 out of 8
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  1. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Noel Murray
    60
    Looks and sounds better than the average indie film debut.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: David Rooney
    60
    This oddball tale of a small-town gangster's troubled girlfriend hovers uncertainly on the edge of an absurdist universe.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Ben Kenigsberg
    50
    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.
  4. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Kim Morgan
    40
    Ledes shows promise, but truly, this would have been better left to Todd Haynes.
  5. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    38
    Director-writer Richard Ledes shows better command of 1950s period atmosphere than he does of either his subject or his cast.
  6. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    30
    Writer-director Richard Ledes' dreadfully misconceived, pitch-black, film-noir comedy seeks to find the humor in the post-WWII mental hygiene boom, and the result is way off target.
  7. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Carina Chocano
    30
    The anesthetized, deadpan performances -- except for Meat Loaf as Anna's gangster boyfriend, who's so over-the-top it appears he stumbled in from another movie -- and dull storytelling result in an unsuccessful mix of screwball comedy, melodrama and noir.
  8. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Lawrence Van Gelder
    30
    With its heavy symbolism and awkward, lurching pace, A Hole in One leaves viewers with little more than the vague conviction - which I think I already had going in - that falling in love is better than an ice pick to the brain.

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