Holes

2003 • 1h 57m •

Adventure Family Drama Comedy

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★ 6.9/10

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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.

"Some secrets are too big to keep hidden."

Top Billed Cast

Shia LaBeouf

Stanley "Caveman" Yelnats IV

Khleo Thomas

Hector "Zero" Zeroni

Sigourney Weaver

Louise Walker the Warden

Jon Voight

Marion Sevillo "Mr. Sir"

Tim Blake Nelson

Dr. Pendanski

Patricia Arquette

Katherine "Kissin' Kate" Barlow

Dulé Hill

Sam the Onion Man

Henry Winkler

Stanley Yelnats III

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

J John Chard Verified TMDB Critic

2014-06-27

We dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig…

Disney produce and Andrew Davis directs this wonderful adaptation of Louis Sachar’s Holes. Miscreant youths are sent to Camp Green Lake for character building, the bulk of which involves them constantly digging holes in the parched desert. New inmate Stanley Yelnats IV (Shia LeBeouf) is about to set the wheels in motion that will unearth the secret of the digs.

It’s a blender is Holes, part drama (there’s plenty of edginess here), part coming of age tale, part action adventure – cum – detective mystery – cum - Western and part comedy, in sh...