SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Stephan Hammond It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

asef_gj I have read "The Kite Runner" book before I see this movie. Seeing this film, I seriously doubted if the screen writer ever read this novel or even noticed what the story is about! I think, he totally changed the story somehow and made this great story to one of the typical below the normal Hollywood films! I believe the hole story was about Amirs extremely guilty conscience and the pain he suffered because of his ignorance during the rape of Hassan by Assef. However, it seem the respectful screen writer and director hardly mentioned this great kind of suffering during this film.

Thais Carvalho Having finished the book literally an hour before putting on the movie, I will say that I was disappointed with the adaptation. More disappointed than other movies I've seen that have been based off of books I've read. I feel like they missed very very important points in the movie that was covered in the book. The movie overall just felt rushed, compared with the books. I feel like it should've shown more of Amir's time in America, and him falling in love with Soraya. The incident with Sohrab and the motel, Sohrab's reluctance to move back to the U.S with Amir... All in all, I don't think I can give this movie a fair review, since I'm mostly rating it off of the adaptation of the book. The actors were great, and cinematography was fantastic. I just wish they didn't miss such key points, the points that made me so emotional in the book.

Suman Shakya "The Kite Runner" has been one of the most acclaimed and successful movies from the recent past based on a novel. Written by Khalid Hosseini, the novel on which the film is based tells the bonding of two biological brothers, Amir and Hassan, who become a master and servant by faith, and deals with the atonement of the master, Amir. Set in the backdrop of Afganisthan, it has a lot of emotions attached to it for which the viewers accepted the film. It has been heard that the author of the novel himself got emotional watching the film.Just like the novel, the film presents a harrowing experience of war time and atrocities of Talibans in the post war. Many scenes are distressing like the one involving the stoning of a girl to death or a scene involving male rape for which the film can't be recommended for all age group. The first hour of the film in which the friendship of Amir and Hassan shown remains the most lovable and touching portion of the film. The performances of the child artist, including the loyalty of Hassan or the lament of Amir, just touch you. The second half remains a bit slow and lacked a bit of elaboration, which is a flaw I liked to point. Overall, the film is full of emotions, and shows the meaning of blood relation, humanity, and friendship. It shows all but in a low profile for which the film remains fairly good but still not a landmark or a historical cinema.Rating: 2 stars out of 4

Dandio Mama'Africa For my Reading class, I had to read the novel and the film and I would have to say that the film was better because I was able to see all the things in the novel on a screen with graphics. I believe when you see things in action, it's way more better and inspirational. All the characters did a phenomenal job and it was so touching. Although the movie did not point over everything in the novel, it was still a great watch! The sexual scene with Assef, his friends, and Hassan was so touching. It made me want to jump in the TV screen and beat Amir for just watching. I hope people learn from this movie and film. No friend should be treated like this! You are a great writer Khalid!