Holes (2003)

• Year: 2003
• Released: 18 Apr 2003
• Country: United States
• Adwords: 3 wins & 9 nominations
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311289/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/holes
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/holes
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: PG
• Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
• Runtime: 117 min
• Writer: Louis Sachar
• Director: Andrew Davis
• Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight
• Keywords: based on novel or book, based on young adult novel, curse, false accusations, mountain climbing,

	7.0/10
	71/100
	78% – Critics
	76% – Audience

Holes Storyline

“But if you forget to come back for Madame Zeroni, you and your family will be cursed for always and eternity.” Those were the exact words spoken to young Elya Yelnats the day he forgot to repay Madame Zeroni. From then on his family was cursed with bad luck. One hundred years later Stanley Yelnats IV is accused of stealing a pair of cleats from a major league baseball player and sent to Camp Green Lake (a dry lake bed in the middle of the desert). It never rains at Camp Green Lake, it hasn’t for one hundred years. The secretive and mysterious Warden has each inmate spend every day digging one hole to “build character.” But when an artifact from the famous “Kissin’ Kate” Barlow is found in a hole, the Warden forces the boys to work double time leading Stanley to deduce they’re digging because the Warden is looking for something. But what? And how is the mystery of Camp Green Lake connected to Stanley’s family curse?

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some secrets don’t go away

More than just a “kids’ movie”, “Holes” looks at how past incidents still affect us today, whether we know about them or not. When teenager Stanley Yelnats III (Shia LeBoeuf) gets sent to a prison camp where he is forced to dig all day long, he discovers a number of things about the camp, and his personal connection to it. Through flashbacks, we learn that a number of things are closer than we realize (you’ll understand this better when you see the movie). LeBoeuf does a pretty good job, as do the other cast members: Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Tim Blake Nelson, Henry Winkler, Patricia Arquette, and Eartha Kitt. A very interesting movie.

Much better than expected!

I really liked the book, it was a well written one and easy to read and understand. This film adaptation does have some flaws but it was much better than I expected it to be. The film looks very beautiful, the photography is excellent throughout, even in the flashbacks, and the music was great. The screenplay is fairly faithful to the book, and is consistently engaging. The performances from everybody involved are very good, Shia LeBoeuf I actually found quite likable in this movie, and Tim Blake Nelson is fun to watch too. Patricia Arquette is given little to do, and while her character was necessary, I just felt that they could have cast somebody else that fitted the character a tad better, though I liked her chemistry with Sam the onion man, wonderfully played by Psych star Dule Hill. Sigourney Weaver looks beautiful, and seems to be relishing her role as the warden, but my favourite is Jon Voigt. He was absolutely hilarious as Mr Sir. My only other complaint of the movie, other than Patricia Arquette was some slow moments in the middle half, where little of interest happens. On the whole, it is an enjoyable and engaging film. 8/10 Bethany Cox

Strange original concept

The Yelnats have been cursed by Madame Zeroni ever since Elya Yelnats in the old country. Now Stanley Yelnats IV (Shia LaBeouf) is sentenced to Camp Green Lake for 18 months being wrongly convicted of stealing a pair of cleats from a MLB player. The cleats had been donated. They fell out of the sky and hit him in the head. Camp Green Lake is a dry lake bed in the middle of the desert run by the mysterious warden (Sigourney Weaver). Tough Mr. Sir (Jon Voight) makes everybody dig one hole every day 5 ft deep 5 ft in diameter. There is the touchy counselor Dr. Pendanski (Tim Blake Nelson) who seems to be the nice guy at first. The other kids keep picking on Stanley and the silent Zero.

Camp Green Lake used to have an actual lake with its own town. Kate started out as a sweet school teacher but a tragedy cause her to become a bandit. Stanley The First had been robbed by the infamous Kissin’ Kate Barlow (Patricia Arquette). Then Stanley finds a spend shotgun shell with KB drawn on it. Anybody who finds a KB artifact gets the day off. Now Stanley suspects that they’re digging for something valuable.

It’s an odd strange fanciful story. Disney and director Andrew Davis didn’t push hard enough. It doesn’t have a big enough style. I like the boys to battle even tougher sand swept conditions. I want the audience to taste the sand. Shia LaBeouf holds the lead very well. Khleo Thomas creates an original character in Zero. The pacing can drag at times. The old story of Kissin’ Kate need to be streamlined even more. This is not a simple kiddie movie. It is strangely compelling.