Capra's "A Hole in the Head" tells the story of "kiwi" Tony Manetta and his son. Tony has potential but as "kiwi" he is unable to fly - which means he can't live his dreams and fails. Of course there is another thing that is more important after all...
It's not just subjective to say that Frank Capra is one of the most important Hollywood directors of all time. He is one essential brick for château Hollywood. While watching his "A Hole in the Head" what came to my mind was that probably every excellent director career has at least one movie which somehow doesn't work out even though they try hard to be good - think about Coppola's "Cotton Club", Hitchcock's "Under Capricorn", Huston's "Casino Royal" and in my point of view "A Hole in the Head" is another addition to the long list. For my taste this picture itself is some sort of "kiwi". It holds several great moments but it's never becoming a great whole. I think the plot fails to live a duality of comedy and drama and the end is abrupt and sudden as if the director suddenly lost interest...
So on the whole "A Hole in the Head" indeed has some good moments and it's no weak movie. Only it never achieves the certain greatness Capra is capable of...
It's not just subjective to say that Frank Capra is one of the most important Hollywood directors of all time. He is one essential brick for château Hollywood. While watching his "A Hole in the Head" what came to my mind was that probably every excellent director career has at least one movie which somehow doesn't work out even though they try hard to be good - think about Coppola's "Cotton Club", Hitchcock's "Under Capricorn", Huston's "Casino Royal" and in my point of view "A Hole in the Head" is another addition to the long list. For my taste this picture itself is some sort of "kiwi". It holds several great moments but it's never becoming a great whole. I think the plot fails to live a duality of comedy and drama and the end is abrupt and sudden as if the director suddenly lost interest...
So on the whole "A Hole in the Head" indeed has some good moments and it's no weak movie. Only it never achieves the certain greatness Capra is capable of...