Holes | | Cast : | Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Shia LaBeouf | | Director : | Andrew Davis | | Studio : | Walt Disney Home Entertainment | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | April 18, 2003 | | DVD Released Date : | November 03, 2004 | | Language : | Spanish (Dubbed), English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 06, 2005 | | Summary | Unquestionably the best movie made of a book | Content
 | For accuracy, this film ought to have a couple dozen stars. The only scenes which are included in the movie but not written originally in the book are quite strongly implied in the book and need elucidation in the screenplay version. I have never seen a movie that stuck so amazingly close to the book from which it was taken, and so beautifully followed the descriptions within the book, making it a rich experience for those with vivid imaginations. When I first saw Mr. Sir, I was taken aback -- he looked EXACTLY like I had imagined. The rest of the characters were just the same.
For general quality, it deserves the highest rating one could give. The acting is superb, especially when you consider it was done by a group of teenaged boys, the script is delightful, much of it taken word-for-word from the book, and there is very little objectionable material: a perfect family movie. There's a great balance of mystery, suspense, and humor (in particular, the thread of Elya and Madame Zeroni is comically hyperbolic, reflecting the comically hyperbolice way that "Caveman's" grandfather looked at life), with the book's intricate play of symbolism.
I read the book about two years ago, and the appearance of a movie didn't excite me much, but now having watched it twice in a row this week, I can say nothing but that I was extremely impressed. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 29, 2005 | | Summary | Hot Movie, Hot Book, Hot ACTORS! haha | Content
| Okay, let me first say just to anyone who thought that this was an insult to Louis Sachar and the book, just remember, if you're insulting the movie for insulting the book, then you're insulting LS because HE WROTE THE SCRIPT and HELPED DIRECT THE MOVIE so technically you're just insulting him while saying how great the book was but how crappy the movie was.
Now, there were some differences, for one: Stanley Yelnats in the book was overweight but in the movie he was not because the people who created the movie said it would be near impossible to find a overweight kid who would actually toughen up and lose weight in the movie, but that's okay. The movie was great, just as the book. So, if you like the book, you'll more than likely also like the movies.
Now onto the actors! lol...they all did great and pretty much every guy in D-Tent was hot or good looking! (Jake M. Smith "Squid" being the hottest followed closely by Ricky Kasch "Zig Zag" which makes sense since Zig Zag, Squid, and Zero-who was also cute, go Khleo!-were my fave characters in the book as well, and Brenden Jefferson "X-Ray" was pretty cute without his big foggy glasses, lol...and Shia of course!) So yeah, the actors were cute too, which is a plus.
But onto the other actors, I think that Tim Blake Nelson was absolutely the PERFECT Pendanski, he mastered that role and not that I knew who he was before this movie but I pictured him to look just like TBN did! Jon Voight was pretty good as Mr. Sir but at times over-the-top and Sigourney Weaver did a good job as the Warden, just like Patricia Did a good job as KKB.
Overall, good movie, good book, good actors! |
| Rating | | | Date | July 20, 2005 | | Summary | Holes is an instint classic | Content
| An Awsome ass movie! This movie kicks ass. I'm a big fan of
Shia LaBeouf. You all know him in Even Stevens the Tv show
which was good too.This is no kids/children movie at all.
It involves cusswords. I bought this DVD and it is totally
out of this world. This movie should be rated PG-13 cause
it has cusswords not for the little ones at home.
Ages 12 and up I about say. S*it this movie is so awsome
you'll have to buy it sooner or later, I mean F*ckin awsome.
The best PG movie ever witch should be PG-13 PEOPLE?????
g2g and get this F*ckin sweat ass movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Rating | | | Date | July 20, 2005 | | Summary | Holes Movie is Good for Kids | Content
| The movie is pretty close to the book. My students enjoyed watching the movie. They did ask some questions about why things are different in the movie, but for the most the movie follows the story line and the flashbacks are such that the kids did not get confused. The characters that play the parts were well chosen and it was nice to see some creditable actors like Henry Winkler. |
| Rating | | | Date | May 14, 2005 | | Summary | Not your typical Hollywood. One of the best I've ever seen. | Content
| I'm not a big fan of family movies. This is the exception. The story was not destroyed to make it appeal to the typical Hollywood audience. Perhaps this is due to the fact that they hired the author, Louis Sachar, to write the screenplay version, and it follows the book very closely.
I'm often disappointed by Hollywood's over-use of unrealistic violence, sexist roles, and plots that are an insult to your intelligence. But they mostly avoided all that in Holes. You will love this even if you don't normally like "family" movies.
Some of the best acting I've ever seen from the kids, and of course Sigourney Weaver is almost perfect every time she says "Excuse me?" Full of emotion, great lessons, a great ending, you can't ask for much more.
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