Holes was one of the defining shows of my childhood – and is still a really thought-provoking watch 15 years later.

| Jul 14, 2023

Holes still rocks all these years later. It’s thorny, emotionally resonant young adult storytelling with a good filmmaker behind the wheel and a deep cast. We really didn’t know how good we used to have it.

| May 20, 2023

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.

| Original Score: A- | Nov 15, 2019

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...

| Nov 13, 2019

I think it's something that will make children think while still entertaining them and it'll teach them some good lessons.

| Original Score: A | Jun 28, 2019

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.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 5, 2018

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 30, 2006

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 6, 2005

Young viewers and old alike will be given powerful metaphors of servanthood and selflessness, humility and honor, courage and Christ-like kindness.

Full Review | Original Score: A- | Dec 6, 2004

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 25, 2004

| Original Score: 4/10 | Oct 7, 2004

Engaging, generous, and well-paced. Holes is inventively plotted and its coincidences and crazy mysticism pull you in the way the best children's fiction does.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 6, 2004

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 27, 2003

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 22, 2003

Unlike so many kids movies, Holes hasn't been dumbed down, loaded with bathroom humor

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 26, 2003

Funny, inspiring and just a little bit naughty, Holes is excellent family entertainment.

Full Review | Original Score: 77/100 | Sep 24, 2003

For all its faults, Holes has an overriding good humor and sense of fun that saves it from the usual drudge of children's pictures.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Sep 21, 2003

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 20, 2003

Holes is a rarity among kids' movies: It's dark, complex, intelligent and well-acted.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 6, 2003

An honestly extraordinary maturation performance by Even Stevens' Shia LaBeouf proves Disney truly has monopoly over the most talented youth actors

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jul 17, 2003