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LI FILM REVIEW
John and the Hole a Whole Lot of Nothing
Much like the characters, this stinks
Friends, how many times have I bemoaned the sad reality that I’ve written several kickass screenplays over the last twenty years but am still struggling to “make it?”
A shit ton. That’s how many. And I thank you for putting up with my rants. To return the favor, I am going to tell you about a film that you should avoid at all costs unless time means nothing to you. If whiling away a couple of hours watching a kid actor make more money than you and I will probably ever experience, merely by being annoying AF, then knock yourself out.
If that’s the case, watch all the crapola you can find. There’s plenty of it. For me, I’ll never get back the two hours I wasted watching a rich kid “act out.” Or, act bad—either one.
John and the Hole, released last year, was written by Nicolás Giacobone and directed by Pascal Sisto. Two filmmakers previously unknown to me who will now continue to remain on my back burner.
It stars the frighteningly scrawny Charlie Shotwell as John, Michael C. Hall (Dexter) as his father, Jennifer Ehle as his mother, and Taissa Farmiga (younger sibling of Vera), as his sister.
