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The Kite Runner [2007] | ![The Kite Runner [2007]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VKIDXq4RL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Marc Forster
Actors: Khalid Abdalla, Atossa Leoni, Shaun Toub
Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 97
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 122 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5051188153533
ASIN: B0011P4X8S
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: June 2, 2008
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Amazon.co.uk review
Like the bestselling book upon which it's based, The Kite Runner will haunt the viewer long after the film is over. A tale of childhood betrayal, innocence, harsh reality, and dreamy memory, The Kite Runner faces good and evil--and the path between them, though often blurry and sorrowfully relative. Director Marc Forster (Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland) presents a painterly vision of Afghanistan before the Soviet tanks, before the Taliban--lush, verdant, fertile--in its landscape and in its people and their history and hopes. The story follows two young boys' friendship, tested beyond endurance, and the haunting of their adult selves by what happened in their youth--and what horrors befall their country in the meantime. The performances of the two boys--Zekeria Ebrahimi (Amir) and Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada (Hassan)--are the film's strongest, unforced and gently evocative. The penance paid by their adult selves is foreshadowed, but never predictable--and the metaphor of innocence lost, a common theme in Forster's work, keeps the film, like the title kites, truly aloft. --A.T. Hurley
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 Very emotional film - Brilliant January 14, 2008
megamarble (South Yorks, UK)
21 out of 22 found this review helpful
I agree with Katrina - this is definitely worth seeing at the cinema. I've read the book as well as the author's second novel and they are both first class. The film of the Kite Runner is an amazing adaptation of the book which is very emotional and faithful to the book. I wondered if the film would taint my high regard for the book ( the best book i read in 2007) but need not have worried.
Highly recommended
Ticks all the good boxes April 4, 2008
C. Cuciureanu (London)
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
This movie does feed on stereotypes (like many movies) but I found its plus sides overweight considerably the few clichees that some people have picked on. It is first of all a wonderful epic that kept me heart and soul glued to the screen for its 2 hours duration. The acting is great, but the performances of all the young actors are amazing, I think they are the heart and soul of the movie. They really set the tone of the story. Another good bit is that this movie is an introduction to Afghanistan to many Westerners. It has been for me , at least. My knowledge and interest in Afghanistan had been zilch, apart from what my mind cared to remember from catastrophic news flashes on news channels in the UK. THis movie/and book has sparked at least my curiousity to find out more about what's going on in Afghanistan. SO I have read Jason Elliot's 'An unexpected light - travels in Afghanistan', Rory Steward's 'Theplaces in between', and Eric Newby's ' A short walk in the HIndu Kush'.They are well written and recognised travel books on Afghanistan. I highly reccomend them to anyone who cares to find out a tid bit more about that country. The Kite Runner is a beautiful movie.
Brotherhood, Love and Redemption July 10, 2008
Farah Yousif (Kuwait)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I fell in love with Khaled Hosseini's novel `THE KITE RUNNER'; the story is sad, beautiful and inspiring. The writer relates the story in a way that makes you feel like it's poetry. The adaptation of this film captures the essence of the novel.
This is a story of unconditional love, brotherhood and redemption set in Afghanistan.
I like the way that the film is in the Afghan languages (Dari, Pashtu,Urdu) with English subtitles. If the film was in English, a lot of the realism would be lost and the story wouldn't have been as effective.
The two young boys who were chosen to play the role of Amir and Hassan were well-cast. The characters are best friends living in a household where Amir is the son of the rich owner of the house and the Hassan is the son of the house keeper; the class differences become an important factor in the story. The boys appear to have an inseparable friendship, they go to the cinema together and fly kites in competitions. An event occurs (I don't want to ruin the film for those who haven't seen it) in which Amir's strength of character and loyalty is tested. His actions, or lack there-of, will severely affect the friendship between the boys and they will never be the same again. Amir will be haunted with guilt due to the consequences of that fateful day for the rest of his life.
As a man, many years later, Amir discovers that there is hope, redemption is possible: `there is a way to be good again'.
One of the best of recent films March 3, 2008
Sally Wilton (Bournemouth UK)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I've read the books, bought the music, seen the film and now the DVD and can recommend this as much as the rest. The books have been in the bestsellers list for ages now and thoroughly deserve to be so. The film is an accurate representation of the wonderful story. I loved the scenery in the film and the child actors are excellent. It is a welcome change from the usual USA blockbuster nonsense filling our screen. It's an honest, sincere story of love and friendship. I cannot fault it
My Brother's Keeper... July 18, 2008
Antyllus (London, UK)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The 2007 Academy Award-nominated film is directed by Marc Forster, based on the novel of the same name by Khaled Hosseini. The film parts set in Afghanistan were mostly shot in Kashgar, China. Most of the film's dialogue is in Persian Dari.
The movie follows the plot of the novel, telling the story of Amir, a well-to-do (even if somewhat spoilt) boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul, whose best friend is Hassan, the son of his father's Hazara servant. Hassan is as loyal as a brother only could be, but Amir observes a grave incident where he did not intervene. Riddled by guilt he seeks ways to get rid of this constant reminder of his personal failure. He succeeds in and from then on is tormented by the enormous guilt of abandoning his friend.
The story is set against a backdrop of tumultuous events, from the fall of the monarchy in Afghanistan through the Soviet invasion, the mass exodus of refugees to Pakistan and the United States, and the Taliban regime.
Years later an opportunity presents itself to redeem the childish act.
This is an engrossing film on courage, betrayal and despair, hope and love.
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