Four teenagers at a British private school secretly uncover and explore the depths of a sealed underground hole created decades ago as a possible bomb shelter.Four teenagers at a British private school secretly uncover and explore the depths of a sealed underground hole created decades ago as a possible bomb shelter.Four teenagers at a British private school secretly uncover and explore the depths of a sealed underground hole created decades ago as a possible bomb shelter.
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations
Jemma Powell
- Minnie
- (as Gemma Powell)
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- TriviaThora Birch was paid a highly publicized seven-figure salary, due to her recent acclaimed appearance in American Beauty (1999).
- GoofsIn the downward shot as the four enter the shelter, two legs of the camera's tripod can be seen.
- Alternate versionsThe film was cut by the distributor to qualify for a "15" rating in the UK. The cuts include the re-dubbing of the word 'cunt'. Ironically, the 'deleted scenes' section on the UK DVD release is rated '18', therefore earning the DVD an '18' overall, even though the film is only a '15'. The same version of the film was released worldwide, so an uncut version/director's cut DVD sadly isn't available anywhere.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Empire: The World's Best Movie Quiz (2006)
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Hugely disappointing "thriller". Predictable and full of plot holes.
I had high hopes for 'The Hole' being a fan of this kind of "head trip" mystery (when done well!), and also because Thora Birch shows lots of potential. Unfortunately Birch is nothing special here and she is the ONLY good thing about this disappointing missfire. The plot features so many holes and ludicrous moments that you quickly lose interest, especially after the main plot twist will take you all of ten minutes to guess. You vainly hope that the obvious way the movie is heading is a red herring and will be cleverly subverted, but it isn't. Anyone who has seen a decent amount of mystery thrillers over the years will find this one to be the same old, same old. On top of that the four main characters are all unsympathetic and so cliched that you frankly won't give a damn what happens to any of them, and that is a fatal flaw in this kind of movie. Don't bother with this one.
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- Aug 28, 2002
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- Atrapados
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- Budget
- £4,158,370 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $7,819,851
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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