Guest Blogger: Nick B1

Stanley Yelnats IV is wrongly accused of stealing Clyde 'Sweet Feet' Livingston's shoe donation to a local orphanage and will either go to jail or Camp Green Lake. Stanley chooses Green Lake, where he is forced to dig big holes in the desert each day. The Warden is really trying to do is find a buried treasure that was cracked murderer Kissin' Kate Barlow's fortune long ago. But when Stanley and his friend Zero escape, things get really bad. The director is Andrew Davis ("The Fugitive") and the cast includes not only talented young stars but also adults such as Jon Voight, Sigourney Weaver, Tim Blake Nelson and Patricia Arquette. The main character Stanley is a very timid person, he always looks scared. The critics liked this movie, they said that its meant for adults and not the youth. I really liked this movie, it was very entertaining, the constant fighting through the camp kids and the warden and all the crime that’s going on behind the scenes adds a mystery feel to the movie. There is a clear moral scheme balanced by complicated characters, dumb humor combined with huge emotion and, most of all, enough plot to satisfy the youth of today. As many pleasures that there is ''Holes'' is equally known for what it lacks: the bad sentiment and makes too many efforts to turn the smarts and curiosity of young people into a source of profit. The director, Andrew Davis (''The Fugitive''), has turned the book's spare, tough story into a predictable or false story.