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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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Jul 20

3/4

Good enough to be enjoyed equally by kids and their parents.

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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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Lincoln D

@jaguar821 13h

Great story and lovable characters and the way the story unfolds while explaining the history of the lake and relating it all to Stanley is truly phenomenal

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Jade W

@giveemsomethingto_jade Jul 27

This is peak Shia. I won’t be taking further questions.

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Carter B

@carterbailey Jul 27

Classic movie from my childhood

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A B

@greyhanu Jul 25

Very well done. All the way around! Excellent storyline. I’m going to trick my kids into thinking this is a real camp 😂

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j B

@gosteelers Jul 16

Classic. Good re watch. 8.8/10

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Zachary J

@Bubbajacobs_ Jul 16

One of my top 5 favorites!!

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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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