While exploring the neighboring woods, 13-year-old John discovers an unfinished bunker — a deep hole in the ground. Seemingly without provocation, he drugs his affluent parents and older sister and drags their unconscious bodies into the bunker, where he holds them captive. As they anxiously wait for John to free them from the hole, the boy returns home, where he can finally do what he wants.
- 5.3
- 2021
- Released
- 1h 43m
Charlie Shotwell
John
Taissa Farmiga
Laurie
Jennifer Ehle
Anna
Michael C. Hall
Brad
Lucien Spelman
Charlie
Ivy O'Brien
Peter
Pamela Jayne Morgan
Teacher
Georgia Lyman
Gloria
Samantha LeBretton
Lily
Tamara Hickey
Paula
Elijah Ungvary
Tennis Instructor
Released
en
$25,386.00
- #massachusetts
- #bunker
- #family relationships
- #coming of age
- #teenage boy
- #based on short story
- #abduction
Reviews
I started watching this film ,I thought it was going to be good and interesting , but I had the keep fast forwarding it ,the end was a bit wierd they never asked him why he did it , overall was crap ! ! ,
“John and the Hole” has a maddening ambiguity that seems a whole lot like lazy storytelling rather than a well thought out narrative. Director Pascual Sisto‘s unsettling story of a 13-year-old who drugs his family and dumps them in an unfinished bunker in the woods is a nightmare tale of young teenage angst, and the film’s imperfections are partially what make it so interesting. John (Charlie S
If you enjoy reading my Spoiler-Free reviews, please follow my blog @ https://www.msbreviews.com This edition of Sundance has already delivered a few ambiguous, atmospheric films (Human Factors, In The Earth), but none has surprised or impacted me in a positive way so far. John and the Hole comes close to get a good reaction from me, but it also holds another massive bunker filled with way too