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12/30/06
Holes (2003)
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Reviews Counted:133
Fresh:103
Rotten:30
Average Rating:7/10
Consensus: Faithful to its literary source, this is imaginative, intelligent family entertainment.
Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins
Genre: Childrens
Synopsis: Louis Sachar's acclaimed teen adventure novel comes to dazzling life with this wildly entertaining adaptation. Stanley Yelnats (Shia LaBeouf) is an unassuming adolescent whose family has been... [More]
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Patricia Arquette
Director: Andrew Davis
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10/22/03
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09/20/03
There are so many delightful little touches and warped bits of storytelling that I can't imagine anyone who won't love this film.
07/10/03
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01/15/04
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06/24/06
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10/27/03
Top CriticOne of the few recent movies I have seen that plunged me into that rare, giddy state of pleasurable confusion, of not knowing what would happen next, which I associate with the reading and moviegoing experiences of my own childhood.
04/17/03
Top Critic. . .that best of all pictures made with kids in mind, the kind that they can grow up with, seeing more depths of meaning the older they get. . .
04/13/03
...a Hole-ly likable little family film, filled with all the elation and wonder Disney has poured into countless past efforts.
04/21/03
Funny, inspiring and just a little bit naughty, Holes is excellent family entertainment.
09/24/03
Those who have read the book will no doubt overlook the film’s shortcomings and parents will welcome a movie that doesn’t talk down to its youthful audience.
05/07/03
At the least, it's original.
04/18/03
This is not like the cotton-candy stories that are traditionally served up as kids' fare, this story has bite. For anybody 9-12, this will be a big hit, for everybody else, it's not bad.
04/18/03
Whimsical, harrowing, heartwarming and, all props to Harry Potter, quite magical.
04/18/03
Imagine directing a movie called "Holes" and realizing that if you didn't dig deep enough, your movie would be a shallow, inconsequential pit. If the irony didn't kill you, critics and audiences would.
04/25/03
Imagine directing a movie called "Holes" and realizing that if you didn't dig deep enough, your movie would be a shallow, inconsequential pit. If the irony didn't kill you, critics and audiences would.
04/25/03
Fans of Louis Sachar's superb 1998 young-adult novel will be delighted to know that his debut screenplay richly embellishes the book's good parts.
04/17/03
That rare thing, a movie that will genuinely appeal to just about everyone in a family, though it emphatically is not the soppy pap that conventionally passes as a 'family film.'
04/18/03
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