The Kite Runner [2007] | ![The Kite Runner [2007]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VKIDXq4RL._SL75_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Marc Forster
Actors: Khalid Abdalla, Atossa Leoni, Shaun Toub
Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 41
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 122
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
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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 A Complete Must See! July 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A complete must see - the most compelling and thought provoking film I have seen in a long time. It really does open your eyes to the realities of todays world. Brilliant! One for the library.
Desire me July 2, 2008
A film about kites, who would of thought it could work? Follow little Larry Lynthorpe as he searches for the perfect kite to compete in the World Kite Championships held in Bognor Regis. Thrilling stuff, a big fat five.
Possibly THE film of 2008!! June 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Wow!! What a film!!!
After reading the book and finding out it was to be turned into a movie, I had my doubts, but five minutes into the film and I was mesmorised.
This film was truly brillant, many small minded people will be put off by a certain scene in the film but for those who understand the film then they will realise it is a key part of the film. It provoked so many emotions! Anger at the country although we dont live there, Sadness, Happiness, It was all there, a truly brillaint film, no faults whatsoever, and I was blown away! Well done!!!
The Kite Runner - Emotionally Draining June 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This film I found compelling and at the same time hard to watch. It is very emotional and perhaps to some extent we can see weaknesses in the main character that we are familiar with. This makes it very difficult to come to terms with. I could not help thinking about the children left behind, who will help them? This film is all about having the courage to live our lives as best we can. In the end the strength to do the right and courageous thing and conquer our personal fears is what life is all about.
In the face of insane adversity June 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am sure no-one would begrudge the fact that the film could never live up to the power of the original book by Khaled Hossein.
Nevertheless, this celluloid rendition of a story of love, commitment, mistakes and regrets - set against the background of one of the world's most tortured countries - is terribly moving.
The brutality of extreme ideology, be it communism or religious fundamentalism, comes across powerfully, both overtly and covertly. Some may argue that the Taliban come across as one dimensional, but their betrayal of the teachings of the Qu'ran is common knowledge.
The escape scene seemed a little unbelievable, but this was the only blemish in story that was heart-breaking at times. It always veered away from sappy sentimentality, and for that alone I cannot praise the film enough.
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