We watched this last night. It's based on a book, by the same name, written by Louis Sachar. I didn't know anything about the plot. But, my girls had read the book and had heard good things about the movie. So, I bought it at Sam's Club when I was there the other day. And, I was pleasantly surprised! It was a good movie! The girls said it followed the book rather well. I haven't read it yet. But, watching the movie made me very interested. Anyway, it involves a boy named Stanley Yelnats, whose family has been living under a curse for several generations. He is wrongly accused of a crime, and is sentenced to an 18 month sentence at a juvenile offenders camp called "Camp Green Lake". Except, there is no lake anymore. More like desert. The boys at this camp are forced to dig holes, to "build character". They must each dig one hole, 5 feet deep and 5 feet diameter, per day. If they find anything interesting, they must show it to the warden. If it is good, they get the day off. Well, she's not looking for fossils. While this story is going on, there are flashbacks to some other stories. All these stories get tied together at the end. I really, really liked it. It had me hooked till the very end. This is one of those that I need to watch again, just to pick up some of the things that I had missed.
Posted by Valkyre at October 23, 2003 10:02 PM