Holes (2003)
81%RT Audience Score: 76%
Awards & Nominations: 3 wins & 9 nominations
Faithful to its literary source, this is imaginative, intelligent family entertainment
Holes is a movie that will make you want to dig deeper into its story. It’s a fun and quirky adventure that will keep you entertained from start to finish. With a cast of charismatic characters and a well-crafted script, it’s a film that both kids and adults can enjoy. Plus, it’s got some great life lessons that will make you think. So grab your shovel and get ready to dig into this delightful movie!
Production Company(ies)
Columbia Pictures,
Distributor
Walt Disney Pictures
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Cuddeback Dry Lake, California, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG for violence, mild language and some thematic elements
Year of Release
2003
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:DTS Dolby Digital SDDS
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Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
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Runtime:1h 58m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Apr 18, 2003 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 4, 2006
Genre(s)
Adventure
Keyword(s)
starring Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Patricia Arquette, Tim Blake Nelson, Dulé Hill, Shia LaBeouf, Andrew Davis, Louis Sachar, Adventure, PG, $67.3M, reviewed by Jamie Russell, directed by Andrew Davis, written by Louis Sachar, produced by Andrew Davis, Mike Medavoy, Lowell D Blank, Teresa Tucker-Davies, Walt Disney Pictures, Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby EX, Dolby Digital, Flat (1.85:1), The Warden, Mr Sir, Kate Barlow, Dr Pendanski, Sam the Onion Man, Stanley Yelnats, detention camp, digging holes, literary source, imaginative, intelligent, family entertainment, some thematic elements, mild language, violence, English, Apr 18, 2003, Wide, Jun 4, 2006, Walt Disney Pictures
Worldwide gross: $71,406,573
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $115,740,897
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 952
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 12,621,690
US/Canada gross: $67,406,573
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $109,257,410
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 688
US/Canada opening weekend: $16,300,155
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $26,420,461
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 517
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $20,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $32,417,435
Production budget ranking: 1,110
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $17,456,789
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $65,866,673
ROI to date (est.): 132%
ROI ranking: 819
Jon Voight – Mr. Sir
Patricia Arquette – Kate Barlow
Tim Blake Nelson – Dr. Pendanski
Dulé Hill – Sam the Onion Man
Shia LaBeouf – Stanley Yelnats
Director(s)
Andrew Davis
Writer(s)
Louis Sachar, Louis Sachar
Producer(s)
Andrew Davis, Mike Medavoy, Lowell D. Blank, Teresa Tucker-Davies
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
3 wins & 9 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (138) | Top Critics (40) | Fresh (107) | Rotten (31)
October 22, 2003 | Rating: 3/5
Jamie Russell
BBC.com
TOP CRITIC
Holes isn’t just a movie to see, it’s also one to be proud of.
June 19, 2003 | Rating: 3.5/4
Sara Michelle Fetters
MovieFreak.com
TOP CRITIC
Brims with storytelling flourishes and gently deployed life lessons that even accompanying adults may dig.
April 22, 2003
Ed Park
Village Voice
TOP CRITIC
[T]here’s too much going on, and none of it is executed well enough to recommend.
April 21, 2003
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper
TOP CRITIC
April 20, 2003 | Rating: 3.5/5
Kimberley Jones
Austin Chronicle
TOP CRITIC
It’s smart, strange, unpredictable, and defies the formulas that typically define this sort of motion picture.
April 20, 2003 | Rating: 3/4
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
TOP CRITIC
Smart, funny and truly original, it’s a film capable of entertaining its young target audience as well as the parents who come along for the ride.
November 15, 2019 | Rating: A-
Micheal Compton
Bowling Green Daily News
In the true Disney spirit, Holes is for the young and old alike. Substantive, well told, well executed. There is something here to satisfy the entire family…
November 13, 2019
Debbie Lynn Elias
Behind The Lens
I think it’s something that will make children think while still entertaining them and it’ll teach them some good lessons.
June 28, 2019 | Rating: A
Rachel Wagner
Rachel’s Reviews (YouTube)
This Burtonesque slice of Southern whimsy works much better on the page than it does on screen where its events transpire arbitrarily and seem less organic.
November 5, 2018 | Rating: 2/5
PJ Nabarro
Patrick Nabarro
Young viewers and old alike will be given powerful metaphors of servanthood and selflessness, humility and honor, courage and Christ-like kindness.
December 6, 2004 | Rating: A-
Jeffrey Overstreet
Looking Closer
O roteiro leve e bem construdo, aliado s performances de um elenco carismtico, deu origem ao tipo de filme que certamente divertir toda a famlia.
October 25, 2004 | Rating: 4/5
Pablo Villaça
Cinema em Cena…
Plot
“But if you forget to come back for Madame Zeroni, you and your family will be cursed for always and eternity.” Those were the exact words spoken to young Elya Yelnats the day he forgot to repay Madame Zeroni. From then on his family was cursed with bad luck. One hundred years later Stanley Yelnats IV is accused of stealing a pair of cleats from a major league baseball player and sent to Camp Green Lake (a dry lake bed in the middle of the desert). It never rains at Camp Green Lake, it hasn’t for one hundred years. The secretive and mysterious Warden has each inmate spend every day digging one hole to “build character.” But when an artifact from the famous “Kissin’ Kate” Barlow is found in a hole, the Warden forces the boys to work double time leading Stanley to deduce they’re digging because the Warden is looking for something. But what? And how is the mystery of Camp Green Lake connected to Stanley’s family curse?
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Shia LaBeouf stars in his first big screen role in Holes.
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