Holes

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Holes

PG

2003

1h 58m

Kids & Family

Adventure

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An award-winning bestseller comes to life when young Stanley Yelnats, dogged by bad luck stemming from an ancient family curse, is sent to Camp Green Lake, a very weird place that's not green and doesn't have a lake. Once there, he's thrown headlong into the adventure of his life when he and his colorful campmates—Squid, Armpit, Zigzag, Magnet, X-Ray and Zero—must dig a hole a day to keep the warden at bay. But why? Through it all, Stanley and company must forge fast friendships as they try to unearth the mystery of what's really going on in the middle of nowhere.

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Critics Consensus

Faithful to its literary source, this is imaginative, intelligent family entertainment.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

06/19/2003

3.5/4

Holes isn't just a movie to see, it's also one to be proud of.

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Ed Park

Village Voice

04/22/2003

Brims with storytelling flourishes and gently deployed life lessons that even accompanying adults may dig.

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Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

04/21/2003

[T]here's too much going on, and none of it is executed well enough to recommend.

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Emma Clark-Dow

The Post NZ

07/14/2023

Holes was one of the defining shows of my childhood – and is still a really thought-provoking watch 15 years later.

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Micheal Compton

Bowling Green Daily News

11/15/2019

A-

Smart, funny and truly original, it's a film capable of entertaining its young target audience as well as the parents who come along for the ride.

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

11/13/2019

In the true Disney spirit, Holes is for the young and old alike. Substantive, well told, well executed. There is something here to satisfy the entire family...

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Bret M.

@BretM-3 Mar 12

Holes is not your average kids movie. It is much more serious and meaningful. Maybe this is because of the tone of the book. But, having not read it, I can't say for sure. There are very long stretches of time where there are no jokes, it isn't super lighthearted or campy, and it feels like the task at hand is to tell a good story. But anytime there was a joke or comedic scene it was always good and all the jokes landed. The cast is also great. Shia LaBeouf is pretty good in the role and it's way easier to take him seriously in this movie than in Transformers (mainly because he's not screaming like a girl in this movie.) Sigourney Weaver is good as the warden and plays the character tough. And Tim Blake Nelson is very funny and provides some of the comedic moments. Overall, Holes is a good movie for the whole family. Kids and adults alike can easily enjoy this one. Definitely worth checking out.

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Finster M

@Finster123 Mar 10

This was a definite watch because it is almost word by word to the book. In the end it made me angry when they say "you have to fill all the other holes yourself", although no one filled the mile long plot hole about that mountain which just somehow moved from Latvian to Texas.

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Damon G

@Dmoney420 Feb 22

Classic shaia always hits super good movie another goof family show

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Kelly M

@RT84171028 Feb 1

Ok just ok it is about this kid called Stanley Yelnats and he gets sent to Camp Green Lake as ap punishment for finding shoes fall out of the sky. Stanley has to dig holes all day in the sun ok movie 5/10

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Dorelia S

@Charlie_Maddoxxx Jan 30

Absolute staple! The book got me into residing as a young kid and the movie only made me more encouraged! It is brilliant, and well acted by Lebauf (or should i say Stanley Yelnats).

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Erik V

@RT66678645 Nov 14

Overall it is a well made movie. Entertaining story from start to finish.

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Synopsis

An award-winning bestseller comes to life when young Stanley Yelnats, dogged by bad luck stemming from an ancient family curse, is sent to Camp Green Lake, a very weird place that's not green and doesn't have a lake. Once there, he's thrown headlong into the adventure of his life when he and his colorful campmates—Squid, Armpit, Zigzag, Magnet, X-Ray and Zero—must dig a hole a day to keep the warden at bay. But why? Through it all, Stanley and company must forge fast friendships as they try to unearth the mystery of what's really going on in the middle of nowhere.

Director: Andrew Davis
Producer: Andrew Davis, Mike Medavoy, Lowell D. Blank, Teresa Tucker-Davies
Screenwriter: Louis Sachar, Louis Sachar
Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures
Production Co: Walden Media, Chicago Pacific Entertainment, Walt Disney Pictures
Rating: PG (Some Thematic Elements|Mild Language|Violence)
Genre: Kids & Family, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 18, 2003, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 13, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $67.3M
Runtime: 1h 58m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby EX, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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