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- 2005
- Genius Entertainment
- 1 h 37 m
- 2005
- Genius Entertainment
- 1 h 37 m
Summary 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. (Chapeau Films)
Directed By: Richard Ledes
Written By: Richard Ledes
- 2005
- Genius Entertainment
- 1 h 37 m
- 2005
- Genius Entertainment
- 1 h 37 m
A Hole in One
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Summary 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. (Chapeau Films)
Directed By: Richard Ledes
Written By: Richard Ledes
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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4 Reviews
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4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
37
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
50% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
50% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Looks and sounds better than the average indie film debut.
This oddball tale of a small-town gangster's troubled girlfriend hovers uncertainly on the edge of an absurdist universe.
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.
Director-writer Richard Ledes shows better command of 1950s period atmosphere than he does of either his subject or his cast.
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.
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.
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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Production Company
Chapeau Films,
Beech Hill Films
Release Date May 6, 2005
Duration 1 h 37 m
Genres
Tagline Transorbital Lobotomy...is it right for you? Ask your doctor
Website
http://www.richardledes.com/
Awards
Tribeca Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
