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3 Holes and a Smoking Gun

2014 · 1h 29m · Not Rated Crime, Drama, Thriller

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Overview

An ex-Hollywood screenwriter now teaching an evening class in New York finds himself in a battle of wits with a devious screenwriter student.

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While it might have made for a mildly diverting stage thriller -- the hugely successful Deathtrap, for instance, was built on similarly absurd contrivances -- the endlessly talky 3 Holes and a Smoking Gun founders onscreen.

Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
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"3 Holes and a Smoking Gun" proves that there's a chasm-wide difference between talking about what constitutes - and actually being - great writing.

Nick Schager, Variety
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Director Hilarion Banks dutifully captures all of it in a series of nicely shot extended takes, which would have been fine if the cast had been able to interact in some sort of uniform tone.

Michael Rechtshaffen, Los Angeles Times

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