Evidently not a fan favorite.
Currently this film is rating at about a 5 and the average review is confusing me. What was everyone expecting? Personally, I saw the title, I read the description, and I got the exact movie I was expecting. I watched the trailer afterwards and even that was essentially on par... maybe the music in the trailer was a bit more exciting than what the premise was promising? So I don't understand why so many reviewers are shocked by the movie's inaction and slow pace.
The film is a collage of unsettling and awkward moments juxtaposing familiar and mundane events with unsettling awareness of potential evil. I would love to see more movies that roll with this horror theme of exploring the line between childhood innocence and sociopathy.
Who hasn't interacted with that one child whom you're not sure whether or not they are mentally okay? Who hasn't found themselves in a position while growing up where you knew: I could cross a social line here and my life will never be the same.
John and the Hole does a fantastic job exploring these feelings and it does so with a variety of tones from suspense to comedy. I'll grant you that all the action of the movie is seen in the trailer. I'll grant you that there isn't a narrative pay off. I'll also throw in that the inversed side story of the mother and daughter doesn't seem that valuable even to me. However it is not boring and it is not pointless.
If you're looking for something different, with some emotional texture, and you like to laugh at movies that seem to relish in awkward lingering, John and the Hole is probably for you.
The film is a collage of unsettling and awkward moments juxtaposing familiar and mundane events with unsettling awareness of potential evil. I would love to see more movies that roll with this horror theme of exploring the line between childhood innocence and sociopathy.
Who hasn't interacted with that one child whom you're not sure whether or not they are mentally okay? Who hasn't found themselves in a position while growing up where you knew: I could cross a social line here and my life will never be the same.
John and the Hole does a fantastic job exploring these feelings and it does so with a variety of tones from suspense to comedy. I'll grant you that all the action of the movie is seen in the trailer. I'll grant you that there isn't a narrative pay off. I'll also throw in that the inversed side story of the mother and daughter doesn't seem that valuable even to me. However it is not boring and it is not pointless.
If you're looking for something different, with some emotional texture, and you like to laugh at movies that seem to relish in awkward lingering, John and the Hole is probably for you.
- liveandletcry
- Jan 13, 2024