Holes Movie Reflection

When choosing a film to write about, I selected the movie Holes since it was a movie very familiar to me and something I used to enjoy watching as a child. Holes, released in April 18, 2003, is a film written about a young boy, Stanley Yelnats IV, who was caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, due to his bad luck and 100-year-old family curse. Having been falsely accused of stealing a famous baseball player’s cleats, Stanley was forced to go to court and instead of being sentenced to serve local time, he was sent to a juvenile correctional camp called camp green lake. This camp was designed for teenage boys who were forced to spend their days digging Holes out in the desert, in what the camp counselors and officials referred to as, “building character.” In flashbacks to the story of Stanley’s life, the movie contains a story of what used to be a flourishing lake town with plenty of water and life, which was mostly owned by the …show more content…
As an example, within only thirty-three minutes of the movie, Stanley and some of the other residents are in a counseling session with the camp counselor. This is a group session, but counseling groups are something very commonly seen within correctional facilities. As defined by our book, “Counseling can address some of the needs of some prisoners. However, individualized therapy is often necessary for the most difficult cases” (American Corrections pg 311). Though this film does not show individualized counseling, they do concentrate on individual’s stories within the group session. The counselor talks generally to the group about why they ended up where they are and about taking responsibility for actions leading to their current situation. I am sure in facilities today similar counseling and conversations occur so that inmates can come to terms with what they have