Holes - The Movie reviews by Year 8

Cast: Shia LeBouf, Jon Voight, Tim Blake Nelson, Sigourey Weaver, Khelo Thomas, Henry Winkler.

Holes is directed by Andrew Davies but was
written by Louis Sachar. The film was released in 2003.

The movie is about a boy who has a curse in his family, apparently because of his dirty-old-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather. The unlucky Stanley Yelnats VI is played by Shia LeBeouf. The film tells the story of a young boy who gets sentenced to 18 months at Camp Green Lake because he is charged with stealing a pair of Clive Livingston trainers but this green lake isn’t very green.

The inmates have to dig holes everyday 5 feet deep and five feet wide. Stanley meets lots of new friends and Stanley and Zero go on an adventure to see what is hidden at the top of God's Thumb. During his journey at Camp Green Lake Stanley discovers secrets and buried treasure and soon becomes known as Caveman. Holes is a brilliant Disney film and should be watched by everybody who loves films. You may think Holes isn’t your type but if you watch it you won’t regret it.

It is a brilliant film and is recommended to all age groups whether you're 5 or 99.
I rate this film with * * * * (4 stars)

Abby Rutherford 8 Vaughan

Holes - The Movie reviews by Year 8

Holes (2003)

Cast
Jon Voight
Tim Blake Nelson
Sigourney Weaver
Khleo Thomas
Henry Winkler
Patricia Arquette
And introducing: Shia LaBeouf

Director: Andrew Davis
Screenplay: Louis Sachar

Shia LaBeouf stars and the unlucky Stanley Yelnats IV who is sent away to the juvenile detenetion camp, Camp Green Lake. On his journey Stanley encounters a few terrible creatures like scorpions, rattle snakes and the dreaded yellow spotted lizards, as well as a couple of fierce characters like The Warden (Sigourney weaver- The Guys), Mr Sir(Jon voight- Ali, Tomb Raider) and the crazy Mr Pendanski (Tim Blake Nelson The Good Girl). This film has two settings in time the present and 100 years ago. Events from 100 years ago show why things are like they are in the present with Patricia Arquette as the famous outlaw Kissin’ Kate Barlow.
Stanley tries to reverse a 350 year old curse and along with his new pal Zero (Khleo Thomas) he attempts to discover the secret of Camp Green Lake.
Holes has a mixture of genres including: drama, comedy, romance, mystery, fantasy and adventure. All of the actors in the film are superb but there is a fantastic stand out performance by Sigourney Weaver who portrays the devious warden.
This Disney film is aimed at children but adults will love the film too it is fantastic and has nothing wrong with it in my opinion. Holes is a great family film.


Rating 4 ½ stars out of 5

Connor Parkinson

Holes - The Movie

CAST: SHIA LA BEOUF AS STANLEY YELNATS IV
JON VOIGT AS MR SIR
TIM BLAKE NELSON AS MR PENDANSKI
SIGOURNEY WEAVER AS THE WARDEN
KLEO THOMAS AS ZERO
HENRY WINKLER AS STANLEY YELNATS III

Directed by Andrew Davis,
Based on the novel by Louis sachar

Holes was released in 2003 by director Andrew Davis and is based on Louis Sachar’s novel.
A 150 year old curse, which has been lurking around the Yelnats family for generations reappears and when bad luck strikes again, the adventure begins……..
This amazing film is suitable for all ages but preferably 12-16 year olds and it is an exceptionally good family film.
Director Andrew Davis has created a fun family film. It is of a high standard and kept me glued right the way through. The moment that tops it all is where Stanley runs away from camp as that is when the adventure really begins to spice up and all the really juicy parts start to come into it.
I recommend that every family in the whole wide world should watch this funny film!

***** - “incredibly entertaining”

James Dickie

'Holes - The Movie' reviews by Year 8

Holes (2003)

Holes, directed by Andrew Davies, was released in 2003. Starring Shia la Bouf as the unlucky Stanley Yelnats IV, it tells the story of an unlucky family curse , all the men in Stanley's family carry this curse.
Stanley IV gets sent to Camp Green Lake to serve out his punishment for stealing a pair of expensive shoes from a homeless shelter. He is sentenced to dig holes in the hot sun but soon realises they are not digging to build character but to find something.
Along his journey he comes along a few new friends including Zero, Zigzag and Armpit. Zero helps him find his family treasure, without knowing it.
This film is aimed at the whole family although it is a Disney film it is appealing to all ages as this live action movie deals with all aspects of life including crime. It does leave some parts of the book out and personally I think that the book is better than the film but if you want a movie to watch I would recommend to a family and I would give it a rating of 3 stars .

***

Georgina Thomas

'Holes - The Movie'

Holes (2003)

Cast – Shia LeBeouf, Jon Voigt, Tim Blake Nelson, Sigourney Weaver, Khleo Thomas, Henry Winkler, Patricia Arquette
Director – Andrew Davies
Screen play – Louis Sachar

Holes is the movie based on the best-selling book of the same name by Louis Sachar. It is all about Stanley Yelnats IV, played excellently by Shia LeBeouf, Stanley is part of a long line of male ancestors that have been affected by the “family curse”. This curse could be the reason why unlucky Stanley takes the blame for a pair of stolen shoes. Stanley is sent to Camp Green Lake, a disciplinary camp that is run by the fierce female warden (Weaver) and her two assistants (Voigt and Nelson) that works with the logic “If you keep bad boys digging in the hot sun all day, every day, it’ll turn them into good boys.” But there appears to be another reason for the continuous digging…
This is a film people may not expect to have a Disney trademark. It is a complex story that weaves in a subplot and it is about young criminals and overweight kids, but they have left out the overweight issue as to not offend but on the other hand, it has the trademark Disney happy ending.
All in all, it’s a good film with a good cast who fit into their roles well. It is a true family mystery film that can be viewed and enjoyed by all audiences. I would give it four stars out of five.

****

Rebecca Taylor (8Turner)