Hello all! After skipping a week due to a short holiday, we are back this week! Our excursion into the silver screen this week, finds us watching;
Holes.
So, what is Holes all about? Well; Holes is an adaptation of Louis Sachar's book Holes. The film stays faithful to the original Sachar story.
After being wrongly found guilty of stealing a pair of sneakers, Stanley Yelnats, admirably played by Shia LaBeouf, gets sent to Camp Green Lake, a juvenile correctional facility, situated in the bed of a long-gone dry Texas lake.
Whilst there, he and the other boys are minded by the cruel, Mr Sir (Jon Voight), counselled by therapist Dr Pendanski (Tim Blake Nelson) and the whole camp is overseen by the Warden played by Sigourney Weaver.
The title of the film (and the book) relates to the fact that Stanley and the dozens of other delinquents are forced to dig an endless series of holes that the warden hopes will lead her to................
Can't tell you too much there! It would spoil the fun.
Needless to say the story takes you to, a fairly inevitable conclusion. However, the way Sachar gets you there, is full of suspense, intrigue and several generations of the families involved, intertwining.
Holes is a quaint, fairly innocent family adventure, something for a lazy wet Bank Holiday. It a fun feelgood film, with a star-studded cast! Look out for Henry Winkler, Eartha Kitt..... OK not so many stars, but Sigourney Weaver and Jon Voight are excellent.
Watch this film. That's an order!
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