The Kite Runner

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The Kite Runner

PG-13

2007

2h 8m

Drama

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After many years living in the U.S., Amir, an Afghan novelist, returns to his Taliban-controlled homeland to learn the fate of his murdered friend's son.

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Critics Consensus

Despite some fine performances, The Kite Runner is just shy of rendering the magic of the novel on to the big screen.

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Amy Nicholson

I.E. Weekly

01/29/2008

C-

Hosseini's over-done melodrama that doesn't so much open our eyes to Afghanistan as reinforce everything negative we've already suspected.

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Jonathan F. Richards

Film.com

01/03/2008

The Kite Runner is dramatically and visually sumptuous

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

12/28/2007

4/5

Perhaps he might have been tougher but that might have rendered the film less digestible.

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Akos Peterbencze

Vulnerable Man (Medium)

07/22/2023

The Kite Runner examines and explores such complex emotions and relationships that are worth the journey in itself.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

11/26/2020

3/10

The deviation from standard structuring is just one more element that is terribly predictable.

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Toni Vall

Cinemanía (Spain)

11/04/2020

2/5

Fundamentally out of focus. [Full review in Spanish]

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Srdjan V

@Srdjan Mar 22

I am so disappointed with the movie. The story from the book is mostly changed. I LOVED the book (☆☆☆☆☆) - it's just enthralling, haunting, overwhelming - Khaled Hosseini wrote the MASTERPIECE. And, the movie is so bad (I would rate it zero, if I could) The director and the screenwriter, obviously, had no idea what they were doing. I doubt they read the book at all, if they did, then they did not understand a single word of it.

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Dec 19

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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I Am F

@Creepblaster 02/06/2025

Actors are good and it's emotional enough.

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Faiz D

@RT95588871 08/29/2024

One of those movies that goes straight to the heart.

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annette Z

@RT27888167 05/11/2024

I DID NTO LIKE THSI MOVIE -- I FELT LIKE A CHILD ABUSE scene WAS TO HARSH FOR ME I DIDNT LIKE . I do not think any one shoudl ahve to see it .

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Rami A

@Bunt101 10/22/2023

It's a very captivating film that follows the book's plot quite nicely.

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Synopsis

After many years living in the U.S., Amir, an Afghan novelist, returns to his Taliban-controlled homeland to learn the fate of his murdered friend's son.

Director: Marc Forster
Producer: William Horberg, Walter F. Parkes, Rebecca Yeldham, E. Bennett Walsh
Screenwriter: David Benioff
Production Co: MacDonald-Parkes, Neal Street Productions, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Sexual Assault of a Child|Brief Strong Language|Strong Thematic Material|Violence)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Dec 14, 2007
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 12, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $15.8M
Runtime: 2h 8m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)