To start out with let me just tell you that "The Hole Story" is not real, its a mockumentary. Not that you couldn't have figured that out on your own, but as far as fake documentaries go it is very believable. The story is very simple, a man named Alex comes to Brainerd Minnesota with a small camera crew to make a pilot episode of a show about mysteries in America.
He is doing it with his own money. It all would go okay if only the mystery they went there to see and talk about hadn't disappeared. Its 20 below there, and there is a very large hole in the middle of a lake that should be iced over, by several inches if not feet. Well when they get there it turns out the hole is gone, and no one can tell them when it might come back. So now its a waiting game, and a desperate attempt by Alex to shoot enough footage of other people talking about the hole to fill his episode out.
He becomes erratic and the story moves on from there. It is funny, but not laugh out loud funny. The humor is more derived out of a sort of Murphy's Law. There are some really beautiful shots of frozen lakes, and the colorful characters who make up the town. It didn't get a release that was more than a handful of art theatres, not like that's a surprise. It is a stand alone movie, it takes place entirely within the confines of the world he creates. It was fun and I really liked it, as I watched it I was in tremendous pain from a kidney stone, but I still managed to smile as I watched. 7/10 stars.
Director: Alex Karpovsky
Starring: Alex Karpovsky
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