Published 17:13 IST, February 2nd 2021

'John and the Hole' ending explained: What happens to John? Here are all details

John and the Hole debuted at Sundance Film Festival 2021 a few days ago. If you want to know what happened in the film, read John and the Hole ending explained.

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John and Hole is a confusing film to watch, even by standards of film critics. John and Hole debuted at Sundance Film Festival 2021, a few days ago. This film mand to polarise a lot of viewers, which is usually a sign that it's a complication piece of cinema. Re more to find out what really happened in John and Hole.

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John and Hole ending explained

John (played by child actor Charlie Shotwell) lives in a large house with his family in woods. It is implied in films that Jon is a coddled teenr, who has never been taught any discipline by his parents. He believes his actions have consequences and so he does what he wants. At beginning of film, John discovers an abandoned underground bunker which ends up becoming a major plot point for film. 

One day John finds his family asleep and being sociopath he is he drugs m into unconsciousness. Once making sure his family is out cold, he drags m out and puts m inside bunker, locking m from outside. re's real explanation given for this, except that he has concept of consequences and doesn't realise gravity of crime he is committing. When his family wakes up, y beg him to let m out, but John just drops m food and water and roams away.

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John and Hole Ending Explained 

w that he's free he wants to live life his own way and do things that grown-up people do. This film is a coming-of- story disguised a smart thriller. He lies to people about whereabouts of his family, telling m y are out of town. John just resumes living his life as usual, with exception of having ability to do what he wants.

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He invites one of his friends over and film takes a dark turn here. In trying to play a weird psychopathic game, John and his friend try to drown each or as a joke. John almost ends up killing his friend in this 'game'. In end, however, he comes to realisation that what he's doing is wrong and if continues on this path, things would get progressively worse.  director has left ending open-ended for audience to interpret. You can watch film and make up your own mind on what this film's ending meant to you.

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17:13 IST, February 2nd 2021