Holes

The movie is as good as the book - should be, because it was adapted by the author, so it's obvious how it follows the storyline fairly explicitly.

Also well-acted, engaging characters, with only a few of the bad guys bordering on the stereotypes - actually, they're probably more like "archetypes" than stereotypes, but the larger themes about fate/karma/lives entertwined actually win out here, and it's the effect (i.e. curse) of the past and how it affects future events that is the focal point of the story.

"The sins of the fathers" are to be righted by the sons, I suppose is the final message that we should take from the movie/story - but all in all, it's simply a neat film to watch. Especially on a lazy Sunday afternoon.

But make sure you watch it with plenty of lemonade. This movie makes you thirsty, what with the hot baking sun in that Texas desert!!

VG