“HOLES jumps the rails, leaves all expectations behind, and tells a story that’s not funny ha-ha but funny peculiar.” - Roger Ebert

Based on Louis Sachar’s beloved young adult novel, HOLES explores boyhood and masculinity, racial injustice, and institutional abuse through the eyes of the incarcerated boys of Camp Green Lake, stranded in the desert, digging perfectly circular 5’x5’ holes in perpetuity. Twenty-three years after its release, this film remains in the zeitgeist due to its big heart and the considerable depth not usually found in a family flick. Directed with a firm hand by Chicago’s own Andrew Davis (THE FUGITIVE), it depicts a prison break like no other: one that seeks to right history’s wrongs and heal generational trauma through brotherhood and kindness. And if that isn’t enticing enough, HOLES does for bearded dragons what JAWS did for sharks. (Yuyu Blue)