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A Hole in One

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A gangster (Meat Loaf) makes an employee (Tim Guinee) pose as a doctor to prevent his troubled girlfriend (Michelle Williams) from getting a lobotomy.
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Carina Chocano Los Angeles Times 05/13/2005
2/5
A Hole in One aspires to the Sirkian social satire of Todd Haynes' Far From Heaven, but the result is closer to a Coen brothers film with all the funny parts removed. Go to Full Review Lou Lumenick New York Post 05/10/2005
1.5/4
Things play out differently than expected, though not in any particularly interesting or entertaining way. Go to Full Review Dana Stevens New York Times 05/06/2005
2/5
With its heavy symbolism and awkward, lurching pace, A Hole in One leaves viewers with little more than the vague conviction that falling in love is better than an ice pick to the brain. Go to Full Review Andy Klein Los Angeles CityBeat 05/13/2005
Interesting but, in the long run, aimless. Go to Full Review Kim Morgan L.A. Weekly 05/12/2005
Its overindulgence in pseudo-David Lynch stylistics provides yet another distraction from a potentially intriguing story. Go to Full Review Ken Fox TV Guide 05/06/2005
1.5/5
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08/25/2009 felt like i had a lobotamy before i watched this. the narrative is weak and way to loose. See more walter m @Harlequin68 11/08/2006 [font=Century Gothic]"A Hole in One" takes place in 1953 in the small hamlet of Ice Town where Anna(Michelle Williams) fears she is losing her mind after witnessing the murder of a friend by her mobster boyfriend(Meat Loaf Aday). She feels that a lobotomy will solve her problems, as demonstrated by Dr. Ashton(Bill Raymond) as part of the local Mental Health Week. As shown, the Trans-Orbital Lobotomy is a simple procedure performed with an ice pick...[/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]"A Hole in One" is a victory of design over any kind of coherence. There are at least three or four separate elements to this movie that never come together. The most interesting of which are the mental health issues and lobotomy but that is definitely from a historical perspective. And the movie misses a valuable opportunity to link the infamous procedure to the conformity of the 1950's.[/font] See more Read all reviews
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Richard Ledes

Director

Michelle Williams

Anna Watson

Meat Loaf

Billy

Tim Guinee

Tom

Louis Zorich

Sammy

Bill Raymond

Dr. Harold Ashton

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Movie Info

Synopsis A gangster (Meat Loaf) makes an employee (Tim Guinee) pose as a doctor to prevent his troubled girlfriend (Michelle Williams) from getting a lobotomy.
Director
Richard Ledes
Producer
Alexa L. Fogel, Joseph Infantolino
Screenwriter
Richard Ledes
Production Co
Beech Hill Films
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 2, 2004, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Dec 27, 2005
Runtime
1h 37m
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