Holes
Some secrets are too big to keep hidden.
Some secrets are too big to keep hidden.
Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
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2003
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After being wrongfully convicted for stealing a pair of shoes, Stanley Yelnats is sent away to Camp Green Lake, a boys detention facility where inmates are forced to dig holes all day in the hot desert sun as a form of character building. As he endures the brutal routine, Stanley begins to uncover a hidden truth behind the camp—one that connects to a dangerous secret and his family’s history.
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Cast:
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Details
Runtime:
117 min
Release date:
18 Apr 2003
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$20,000,000
Revenue:
$71,406,573
Awards:
3 wins & 9 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Brims with storytelling flourishes and gently deployed life lessons that even accompanying adults may dig.
– Ed Park,
Village Voice,
22 Apr 2003
rotten:
[T]here's too much going on, and none of it is executed well enough to recommend.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
21 Apr 2003
fresh:
It's smart, strange, unpredictable, and defies the formulas that typically define this sort of motion picture.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
20 Apr 2003
fresh:
A wonderfully dark fairy tale.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
18 Apr 2003
fresh:
One can't help but feel thankful that the movie doesn't always go the expected route, that the characters have a little more depth to them than average, and that the complexity, which is the movie's basic weakness, is also its fundamental virtue.
– Philip Kennicott,
Washington Post,
18 Apr 2003