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Movie Review for The Kite Runner
Movie Review for
The Kite Runner
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The Kite Runner | | |
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26 Reviews total.
Release date: 11/2/2007
Run length: 122 mins.
Categories:
Drama
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Adaptation
Summary:
In a divided country on the verge of war, two childhood friends, Amir and Hassan, are about to be torn apart forever. It's a glorious afternoon in Kabul and the skies are bursting with the exhilarating joy of a kite-fighting tournament. But in the aftermath of the day's victory, one boy's fearful act of betrayal will mark their lives forever and set in motion an epic quest for redemption. Now, after 20 years of living in America, Amir returns to a perilous Afghanistan under the Taliban's iron-fisted rule to face the secrets that still haunt him and take one last daring chance to set things right.
Reviews of The Kite Runner
By
Ty Burr
of Boston Globe (7/0)
...handsomely directed...
By
Roger Ebert
of Chicago Sun-Times (7/0)
How long has it been since you saw a movie that succeeds as pure story?
By
Matt Pais
of Chicago Tribune (7/0)
Hugely popular novel doesn't fly on the big screen.
By
Jules Brenner
of Cinema Signals (7/0)
An absorbing generational story whose lack of a religious agenda in a Middle East context is a no...
By
Chris Farnsworth
of E! Online (7/0)
...the power of the film's key scenes can make you forget the long, long, long trip it takes to g...
By
Emanuel Levy
of EmanuelLevy.Com (7/0)
Epic yet intimate, Forster's faithful rendition of the beloved novel is a touching morality tale ...
Reviews of The Kite Runner
By
Lisa Schwarzbaum
of Entertainment Weekly (7/0)
...a big saga...
By
Chris Barsanti
of filmcritic.com (7/0)
...by the end one feels tired and more than a little manipulated...
By
Frank Scheck
of Hollywood Reporter (7/0)
Faithful film adaptation of the beloved best-seller flies high.
By
Frank Scheck
of Hollywood Reporter (7/0)
The film feels totally convincing in all its technical aspects, including its use of Chinese loca...
By
Nick Schager
of Lessons of Darkness (7/0)
The type of film one would expect from Marc Forster -- banal, trite and apt to ramrod simplistic ...
By
Lou Lumenick
of New York Post (7/0)
...often rises to the occasion, though it never quite soars.
Reviews of The Kite Runner
By
Armond White
of New York Press (7/0)
Forster’s mix of topicality and sensationalism makes The Kite Runner sentimental, not profound.
By
Manohla Dargis
of New York Times (7/0)
...the setups are banal, and the scenes lack tension, which no amount of editing can provide.
By
John A. Nesbit
of Old School Reviews (7/0)
... fails to rise above a Dickens-like tale of betrayal and redemption
By
James Berardinelli
of ReelViews (7/0)
...it's hard to imagine a more effective and affecting adaptation.
By
Peter Travers
of Rolling Stone (7/0)
Both boys give such heart-rending performances...
By
Mick LaSalle
of San Francisco Chronicle (7/0)
...a film that's longer and lusher and gushier than it should have been.
Reviews of The Kite Runner
By
William Arnold
of Seattle Post-Intelligencer (7/0)
...only a qualified success.
By
Ed Gonzalez
of Slant Magazine (7/0)
Forster transforms a presumably brutal and nuanced account of class difference and innocence lost...
By
Claudia Puig
of USA Today (7/0)
...soars with emotion and sensitivity.
By
Alissa Simon
of Variety (7/0)
Nuanced perfs and standout production design convey story in cinematic terms, preserving the narr...
By
Roger Ebert
of Chicago Sun-Times (3/4) No reference
How long has it been since you saw a movie that succeeds as pure story? That doesn't depend on st...
By
Michael Phillips
of Chicago Tribune (3/4) No reference
The Kite Runner feels authentic in its ethnic tensions, even when the narrative itself, with its ...
Reviews of The Kite Runner
By
Kenneth Turan
of Los Angeles Times (3/4) No reference
The film's faithfulness to the bestselling novel doesn't translate well to the screen.
By
Harvey S. Karten
of Compuserve (3/4) Not Reachable
Stellar acting by two youths makes believable the theme that you can go home again both geographi...
Movie Distributors
Paramount Vantage Production Companies
Sidney Kimmel Entertainment
Participant Productions
Parkes/MacDonald Productions
Neal Street Productions
Wonderland Films Movie Studios
DreamWorks SKG
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