Holes Review

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Average rating for this product is: 3.8 out of 5

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Jamezz's Review of Holes

21st Dec 2004

Overall Rating

Value for money
Where Did You See It?
Video

Starring Actor/Actress
Sigourney Weaver

Good Points

Great film with good cast (Eartha Kitt did a great job with her few lines) good book-film transition apart from some minor things.

Bad Points

Stanley's character seemed to look different to what the book described (i.e., he wasn't overweight.) Mysterious scenes made less impact than they did in the book and in the trailer. The film was OK but not amazing.

General Comments

HOLES is a very good film. It's got a great cast (Mr. Sir, The Warden and Madame Zeroni are my favourite roles) and a solid screenplay. However, it does lack something and that is that it does not have the mysterious atmosphere (the trailer was a lot darker than the film) that the book has. Instead, it puts a damp cloth over such scenes to make sure they don't interfere with the easy-going flow of the movie. Overall an OK film but something that did not live up to my expectations.

Read my review of 'HOLES' by Louis Sachar here:
http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews28874.html