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Films like Holes.

Holes (2003) reads as Cosy, kinetic, gentle adventure / family, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

RV (2006) poster
1. RV2006

Keeps the gentle temperature and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

George of the Jungle 2 (2003) poster
2. George of the Jungle 22003

Keeps the gentle temperature and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Sky High (2005) poster
3. Sky High2005

Keeps the gentle temperature and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006) poster
4. Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties2006

Keeps the gentle temperature and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bean (1997) poster
5. Bean1997

Keeps the gentle temperature and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005) poster
6. Cheaper by the Dozen 22005

Keeps the gentle temperature and the stubborn streak of hope; trades toward a warm emotional register.

Major Payne (1995) poster
7. Major Payne1995

Keeps the gentle temperature and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) poster
8. Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events2004

Keeps the gentle temperature and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Big Fat Liar (2002) poster
9. Big Fat Liar2002

Keeps the gentle temperature and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Home Alone 4 (2002) poster
10. Home Alone 42002

Keeps the gentle temperature and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003) poster
11. The Lizzie McGuire Movie2003

Keeps the gentle temperature and the stubborn streak of hope; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

Are We There Yet? (2005) poster
12. Are We There Yet?2005

Keeps the gentle temperature and the stubborn streak of hope; trades toward a warm emotional register.

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