Holes is a movie about a character named Stanley Yelnats sent to a "camp" called Green Lake over a pair of shoes. The problem with the movie is that it's too short for its own good. The amount of character development and depth in the original novel simply cannot fit into the 2 hour movie. Some parts are also inaccurate to the book, but that did not really affect my opinion on the movie; things are bound to be changed. However, some crucial character development, such as Stanley's drop in weight to show that he has grown stronger, have been completely ignored. The movie is not bad by any means, but it certainly could've been better, and a longer run time would have really, really helped it. I give it 7/10 because the positives outweigh the negatives. As much as I dislike some of the dropped character development, the movie still has really good production value, a really satisfying ending (in my opinion), and is definitely not completely inaccurate to the book. In all: Reading the novel before the movie is highly recommended.
Review of Holes
