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All teen and kid reviews for Holes

Age
9
Average rating based on 31 kid and teen reviews:
  • 35% say violence is an issue
  • 32% say language is an issue
  • 29% say there are positive messages
Teen, 14 years old
October 26, 2009
 
Best Movie
This is good movie if you want to learn how to stay out of trouble.
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Kid, 11 years old
September 28, 2011
 
Good movie that mature 8 year olds could see.
We watched it in class today and its really good. I actually like it more than the book. Its not too violent, you see a charachter get shot when he is in his boat, and poisonus lizards bite a woman. But other than that, its fine. The langauge is really nothing, an old man yells 'thats to d-mn bad' but thats pretty much it. Its a good movie.
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Teen, 13 years old
February 27, 2011
 
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Teen, 13 years old
January 21, 2011
 
Gr8 4 All Ages!!
i liked this movie.... it thought it had a nice (but not very exiting) story to it, and all ages should be aloud to watch it unless your a complete sook.
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Kid, 11 years old
January 25, 2011
 
8 and up wont hurt
its not that bad. bad words i barly heard there are one f word and thats about it there was a fist fight in a sence but it was like 30 seconds and there is da*ns

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Kid, 10 years old
August 9, 2010
 
Very creative movie.

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Teen, 14 years old
December 18, 2010
 
evil warden
i love this movie. the warden is EVIL. when stanley's lawyer was angry at her for imprisoning stanley, i thought "go morengo"
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Kid, 9 years old
December 23, 2009
 
Awesome movie, but a little strong language for PG
Holes is a terrrific movie. There are a few BLOODLESS dead bodies seen, people held at gunpoint, and intense close calls. Also it has a few bad words in it (2 uses of d**m, 2 or 3 uses of h**l, and one 1 use of jack***). Also filling in the "holes" may be hard for the youngest of viewers too. But on the plus side Holes has a good message of destiny, teamwork, and friendship. I recomend holes to anyone 8 and up.
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Kid, 11 years old
December 17, 2010
 
I hated this movie!! In my opinion it was really boring and some of the things there could scare your children and will also set a bad influence. A few not the everyday nice kind of words. So I beg you, do not watch this movie!!
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Teen, 15 years old
November 25, 2009
 
my teahcer made us watch it in 5th grade
my teacher read us the book and i didn't understand a thing. i thought the movie was going to be so boring but it turned out... i loved it! i love everything about this movie and hope it come on sometime
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Teen, 14 years old
April 26, 2010
 
Good movie
good movie, good acting, funny at times, and good directing. This movie is better than the book because of some of the changes they make in the movie. They added humor in the movie which the book didnt have enough of. The actors are believeable, and I think the books author should be proud.
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Kid, 10 years old
December 15, 2010
 
Um, get it!
Awesome movie!

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Teen, 14 years old
March 7, 2011
 
Really Good Movie!!
I really liked the movie and book. I think the little song in it is cool and the flashbacks. I think that if I had to go there, I would have been okay with it but that is mostly because I would not like having to go to jail on a college application.
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Kid, 12 years old
September 4, 2010
 
AWESOME!!!!!
this is an awesome movie ive seen it like 10 times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Teen, 13 years old
April 9, 2008
 
it was Kind of scary and very suspenseful
I thought that the part at the end of the movie with the lizards was extremely scary. I also thought that the part when the Warden scratches Mr. Sir was very scary. I liked the part when Stanley drives the truck away from the camp and he crashes.

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Teen, 13 years old
October 2, 2009
 
One of the best recent kid's movies
Extremely original in telling, "Holes" is a thrilling, exciting and harshly realistic look at unfairness, punishment and karma in the world, brilliantly portrayed by a then young Shia LaBeouf and Khleo Thomas.
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Kid, 12 years old
July 15, 2009
 
good family movie!
Really good but the reptiles in the movie might scare the little ones!
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Kid, 11 years old
April 9, 2008
 
A Movie for Thinkers and Dectives; Holes
Holes was a wonderful that kept me guessing about about what's to happen next. If you are a concerned parant I would not be too worried. This movie though does show some characters commiting suicid, swearing, throwing up, and violence. The violence includs killing out of acts of racesim, attention, and threatening people at gun point. You don't see the people die (except in one case but there wasn't any blood she just got bitten)but you get the drift that they're dead. Tough you may not agree now it IS a children's movie and will be fine for 7 year olds and up. AlchemyPro 11 years old

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Kid, 12 years old
December 26, 2011
 
great film!
This movie is one of my favorites. Lots of good role models (but a few bad ones), positive messages, and plain old enterteinment. It has some iffy content. Language includes "cow t--ds", "jacka--es", and more that is stated above. It is a bit violent, with deaths and fights. A beloved character is killed and threatened to be lynched. Another, after her love interest dies, becomes an outlaw who will murder someone and then kiss them. She is also shown committing suicide, but not a graphic one. Drunkness and peril also are portrayed throughout the film. But in the end, the messages are positive and everyone's happy.
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