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  1. Holes movie review & film summary (2003)

    Advertisement. "Holes," which tells their story, is a movie so strange that it escapes entirely from the family genre and moves into fantasy. Like " Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory ," it has fearsome depths and secrets. Based on the much-honored young adult's novel by Louis Sachar, it has been given the top-shelf treatment: The director ...

  2. Holes Movie Review

    Based on 38 parent reviews. Maria N. Adult. May 5, 2023. age 7+. Holes is a 2003 american western comedy drama film directed by Andrew Davis. It stars Stanley Yelnats, Elya Yelnats, Madame Zeroni, Hector Zeroni, and Rex washburn.

  3. Holes

    Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 05/05/24 Full Review Bowie C "Holes," the 2003 film adaptation of Louis Sachar's novel, is a captivating journey filled with mystery, humor, and ...

  4. 'Holes' Review: Forced Labor Never Looked This Fun

    To say this movie is weird would be an understatement. And yet, it works somehow. While adapting a novel into a film is always challenging, Sachar knew the story inside out, being the author of ...

  5. Holes

    Holes is a rarity among kids' movies: It's dark, complex, intelligent and well-acted. Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 6, 2003. Mike Sage Peterborough This Week. An honestly extraordinary ...

  6. Holes (film)

    Holes is a 2003 American neo-Western comedy drama film directed by Andrew Davis and written by Louis Sachar, based on his 1998 novel.The film stars Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Patricia Arquette, Tim Blake Nelson and Shia LaBeouf.. The film was produced by Chicago Pacific Entertainment in association with Phoenix Pictures, presented by Walden Media and Walt Disney Pictures, and distributed in ...

  7. Holes (2003)

    The reviews were pretty good for HOLES, so decided to go see it. It was a cute movie and typical of a lot of Disney movies. ... Holes is a movie about a character named Stanley Yelnats sent to a "camp" called Green Lake over a pair of shoes. The problem with the movie is that it's too short for its own good. The amount of character development ...

  8. Holes (2003)

    Holes: Directed by Andrew Davis. With Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Tim Blake Nelson, Shia LaBeouf. A wrongfully convicted boy is sent to a brutal desert detention camp where he joins the job of digging holes for some mysterious reason.

  9. Holes

    Holes - Metacritic. 2003. PG. Buena Vista Pictures. 1 h 57 m. Summary Based on the award-winning 1999 children's book of the same name, this funny and poignant film features an unusual young hero who is in for the adventure of his life when he is sent to a Texas detention camp. (Walt Disney Pictures)

  10. Holes (2003)

    Holes is a nicely made movie for kids, as entertaining as it is thought-provoking and--thanks to director Davis--a bit harder-edged than the usual Disney fare. It eschews obvious effects, but even more impressively, it tells a story without an obvious moral.

  11. Movie Review: 'Holes' : NPR

    Movie Review: 'Holes' Literature aimed at adolescents is difficult to translate to film. Yet, a buzz builds around the film version of a Newbery Award-winning novel. Like the book, the movie is ...

  12. FILM REVIEW; Not Just for Children, a Suspenseful Allegory of Greed

    Louis Sachar's 1998 novel ''Holes,'' which among other prizes has won a Newbery Medal and a National Book Award, has also, and more important, attracted a fanatical following among children in the ...

  13. BBC

    Holes (2003) Reviewed by Jamie Russell. Updated 22 October 2003. Contains mild violence. If the law required kids' movies to be simple enough for nippers to get the gist of them in a single ...

  14. Holes

    Stanley's hands blister and bleed as he digs his first hole. Mr. Sir blasts a virulent yellow-spotted lizard with his revolver and audiences catch a quick glimpse of its corpse. An insane woman allows one of the toxic critters to bite her (she'd rather die than tell a secret to a rifle-wielding thug).

  15. (2003) Holes is still a great movie 17 years later : r/movies

    NFSpeed. ADMIN MOD. (2003) Holes is still a great movie 17 years later. Discussion. Just re watched the movie and my god it is still fantastic, and just as good as i remember it being as a kid. Honestly such a solid film from Disney that seems to be out of their normal bubble. Several people die, some violence, and other things.

  16. Holes

    Stanley Yelnats IV (Shia LaBeouf) is falsely accused of stealing Clyde 'Sweet Feet' Livingston (Rick Fox)'s shoe donation to a local orphanage and will either go to jail or Camp Green Lake. Stanley chooses Green Lake, where he is forced to dig large holes in the desert each day, by order of the mysterious Warden (Sigourney Weaver) and her assistants Mr. Sir (Jon Voight) and Mr. Pendanski (Tim ...

  17. Screen It! Parental Review: Holes

    A boy steals Mr. Sir's sunflower seeds and then passes them around, eventually getting Stanley in trouble when Mr. Sir discovers the bag in his hole. When a kid runs away into the desert where everyone assumes he'll die, the Warden orders that his records be destroyed so that there's no paper trail about him.

  18. Parent reviews for Holes

    Maria N. Adult. May 5, 2023. age 7+. Holes is a 2003 american western comedy drama film directed by Andrew Davis. It stars Stanley Yelnats, Elya Yelnats, Madame Zeroni, Hector Zeroni, and Rex washburn. This movie is about a young boy named Stanley Yelnats who is accused of theft and ends up going to a brutal desert detention camp where he ...

  19. Holes Movie Review for Parents

    Adapting his award-winning novel, Holes, to a screenplay offered Louis Sachar a chance to be intimately involved in bringing his characters to life and in keeping the plot true to the book. Intertwining the lives of several generations of Yelnats with the Old West figures of Kissin' Kate Barlow (Patricia Arquette) and Sam, the onion man (Dule ...

  20. HOLES

    HOLES is a well-directed movie with great production values, some beautiful photography, a rousing, heartwarming ending, and a script that needs a rewrite to cure some significant story problems. Based on the acclaimed children's book, HOLES tells the story of young Stanley Yelnats, who "finds" a pair of stolen sneakers belonging to a ...

  21. Holes

    Holes 2003, PG, 117 min. Directed by Andrew Davis. Starring Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Shia LaBeouf, Khleo Thomas, Henry Winkler, Patricia Arquette, Dulé Hill ...

  22. Holes (2003)

    A wrongfully convicted boy is sent to a brutal desert detention camp where he joins the job of digging holes for some mysterious reason. "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.

  23. Holes (2003) is a precious movie : r/movies

    Holes (2003) is a precious movie. I love this movie. It's one of the few book-to-movie adaptations that accurately (or as accurate as it can be) represent how I imagined it. Shia LaBeouf, Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Patricia Arquette and the rest of the cast were fantastic as their respective characters. Sure, the lizard vfx are a bit dated ...

  24. Denis Villeneuve Reveals Disappointment Over Dune: Part Two ...

    Dune: Part Two director Denis Villeneuve recently opened up about the sci-fi sequel currently being the biggest movie of 2024. Surprisingly, the filmmaker expressed disappointment over the lack of box office hits this year. Speaking to reporters shortly after receiving the Academy Icon Award at the 2024 Canadian Screen Awards (via TheWrap), Villeneuve explained that Hollywood needed to make ...

  25. Wrong Holes Only (2024)

    Movie. NR 9 min Mar 16th, 2024. Pleasure and arousal can come from unexpected places. Or unexpected holes. Wrong Holes Only is a joyful and messy short made for those who are tired of anuses ...

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