Holes

2003
PG
1h 57m

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

103K

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POPULARITY

1,648

Brenden Jefferson, Shia LaBeouf, Miguel Castro, Byron Cotton, Khleo Thomas, and Jake M. Smith in Holes (2003)

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Desert Adventure Satire Teen Adventure Teen Drama Adventure Comedy Drama Family Mystery

A wrongfully convicted boy is sent to a brutal desert detention camp where he joins the job of digging holes for some mysterious reason.A wrongfully convicted boy is sent to a brutal desert detention camp where he joins the job of digging holes for some mysterious reason.A wrongfully convicted boy is sent to a brutal desert detention camp where he joins the job of digging holes for some mysterious reason.

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

103K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

1,648

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins & 9 nominations

Trivia
The onions that Stanley and Zero eat towards the end of the movie are actually apples wrapped in an edible cover.

Goofs
The angles of sunlight throughout the film change from phases of mid-day to afternoon/evening/morning constantly between shots in the "hole field".

Quotes
Zero: I'm not stupid, I know everyone thinks I am, I just don't like answering stupid questions.

Crazy credits
At the very end of the credits, Hector "Zero" Zeroni quotes the curse his great-great-great-grandmother made with her accent and speech patterns. He grins at the camera before it cuts to black. After which, the Walt Disney Pictures logo is shown.

Connections
Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Good Guys Gone Bad in Film (2014)

Soundtracks
Dig It
Written by Mickey Petralia, Michael Fitzpatrick, Doug E. Fresh, Byron Cotton,
Brenden Jefferson, Max Kasch, Shia LaBeouf & Khleo Thomas
Produced by Mickey Petralia
Performed by Byron Cotton, Brenden Jefferson, Max Kasch, Shia LaBeouf & Khleo Thomas
Courtesy of Walt Disney Records

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Featured review

9/10

Much better than "Not Bad"

I couldn't keep from commenting after reading the very short "Not bad" commentary. This movie is much better than just not bad. The acting is stellar, even from the children in the cast, who don't play cute or anything else but act just like my son's friends. The movie is smart and expects it's audience to be as well. The double back flash story lines are imaginative and contribute to the story rather than act as time filler. I watched this movie with my kids and then I watched it again by myself a few days later. If you have kids and are sick to death of movies that inspire a diabetic coma with their syrupy sweetness, then check out "Holes." My 6-year-old enjoyed it as much as my 11-year-old, and my husband and I enjoyed it as much as the two of them. How many movies can you say that about?