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Movie critics combined give Kite Runner, The (2007) a score of 2.6242 out of 4
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Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.48 out of 4 stars for Apollo Guide (Dan Jardine)Apollo Guide (Dan Jardine)
Forster's self-important direction submarines a film that begins well, but slips into melodrama and plods towards anti-climax. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Apollo Guide (Dan Jardine)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Elyusha Vafaeisefat)Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Elyusha Vafaeisefat)
...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Elyusha Vafaeisefat)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for PopMatters (Bill Gibron)PopMatters (Bill Gibron)
It would take a viewer with the aesthetic skills of an Olympian to overcome the horrendous hurdles placed in entertainment's way by this well-meaning but misguided adaptation of the famed bestseller. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at PopMatters (Bill Gibron)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
The Marc Forster-directed version of the Khaled Hosseini novel does one part of the story so well that its success underlines what's lacking in what remains. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for CinemaBlend.com (Joshua Tyler)CinemaBlend.com (Joshua Tyler)
It's at times poetic, but ultimately the film is yet another draining examination of just how much the whole Afghanistan situation really sucks. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at CinemaBlend.com (Joshua Tyler)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Chris Barsanti)filmcritic.com (Chris Barsanti)
relies heavily on gimmicky turns in the action leading toward teary crescendos ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at filmcritic.com (Chris Barsanti)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for TheMovieChicks.com (Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone)TheMovieChicks.com (Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone)
It may not pack the emotional punch that it could, but it's an interesting story that's worth a look. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at TheMovieChicks.com (Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for DVD Clinic (Jason Adams)DVD Clinic (Jason Adams)
...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at DVD Clinic (Jason Adams)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
For a melodrama, it ain't bad. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for cinemaobsession.com (Jeff Otto)cinemaobsession.com (Jeff Otto)
Ultimately, the movie attempted to be entirely too epic for its own good... ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at cinemaobsession.com (Jeff Otto)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Sun Online (--)Sun Online (--)
A cracking final 20 minutes leave you realising what an evil bunch of idiots the Taliban really are. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Sun Online (--)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Independent (Anthony Quinn)Independent (Anthony Quinn)
Based on Khaled Hosseini's highly regarded novel, this story of exile, ambition and betrayal has an emotional power that outstrips its occasional implausibilities. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Independent (Anthony Quinn)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Bullz-Eye.comBullz-Eye.com
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Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)
An absorbing generational story whose lack of a religious agenda in a Middle East context is a noteworthy commitment to the unburdened language of art. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)
...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for IGN Movies (Todd Gilchrist)IGN Movies (Todd Gilchrist)
A film of deadly serious conviction but undeniable convention... ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at IGN Movies (Todd Gilchrist)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for FilmJudge (David Mercier)FilmJudge (David Mercier)
...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at FilmJudge (David Mercier)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.25 out of 4 stars for The New Yorker (David Denby)The New Yorker (David Denby)
Early in “There Will Be Blood,” an enthralling and powerfully eccentric American epic (opening on December 26th), Daniel Plainview climbs down a ladder at his small silver mine. A rung breaks, and Daniel (Daniel Day-Lewis) falls to the base of the sha ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at The New Yorker (David Denby)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)
This movie never gets started. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf)Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf)
One can expect in a film like this that when all is done, and the grown Amir now can care for Hassan’s rescued son, they will most certainly be flying kites in new, safe surroundings. That they do. It is a lyrical if clichéd touch that affixes a ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
The movie has two extraordinary characters and performances. Non-pro Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada breaks your heart as the innocent, wide-eyed child Hassan, and Homayoun Ershadi makes Amir's father a model of intuitive decency. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Reeler (Michelle Orange)Reeler (Michelle Orange)
Dolefully faithful to its source in the broad strokes, almost none of the book's cultural engagement sneaks through. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Reeler (Michelle Orange)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Wall Street Journal (Joe Morgenstern)Wall Street Journal (Joe Morgenstern)
In a movie about a storyteller (Amir as an adult in America is played by Khalid Abdalla) the storytelling pace moves between deliberate and sluggish. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Wall Street Journal (Joe Morgenstern)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for cinemattraction (Brandon Fibbs)cinemattraction (Brandon Fibbs)
The Kite Runner puts a human face on a catastrophe most of us now look right past on the nightly news. The film reveals a proud but bedeviled culture intimately, from the inside out, even as it also opens the same world up to us from soaring kites with ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at cinemattraction (Brandon Fibbs)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for The Onion A.V. ClubThe Onion A.V. Club
It takes a special kind of heartlessness not to be moved by moments in The Kite Runner, Monsters Ball director Marc Forster's adaptation of Khaled Hosseini's bestselling novel. Set across several tumultuous decades in Afghanistan and America, the film ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at The Onion A.V. Club
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Planet Sick-Boy (Jon Popick)Planet Sick-Boy (Jon Popick)
Tepid at best. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Planet Sick-Boy (Jon Popick)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Tracksounds! (Christopher Coleman)Tracksounds! (Christopher Coleman)
...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Tracksounds! (Christopher Coleman)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Film and Felt (Gabe Leibowitz)Film and Felt (Gabe Leibowitz)
It's a brutal second act, really. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Film and Felt (Gabe Leibowitz)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Newsweek (David Ansen)Newsweek (David Ansen)
If "Atonement" hadn't already been taken, Khaled Hosseini could have used it as a title for his novel "The Kite Runner," whose protagonist, a privileged 12-year-old Afghan boy named Amir, grievously betrays his childhood friend Hassan. Only years later, ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Newsweek (David Ansen)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Deseret News, Salt Lake City (Jeff Vice)Deseret News, Salt Lake City (Jeff Vice)
The movie version of The Kite Runner succeeds in at least one respect: It does make you want to check out the source material to see what has been glossed over. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Deseret News, Salt Lake City (Jeff Vice)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
The Kite Runner is earnest and sentimental and formulaic and obvious. Watching it, I could understand the fuss over Khaled Hosseini's bestselling novel, but the film didn't make me want to read it. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Sacramento Bee (Carla Meyer)Sacramento Bee (Carla Meyer)
Director Marc Forster and screenwriter David Benioff fail to capture the full impact of Khaled Hosseini's mega-best seller The Kite Runner. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Sacramento Bee (Carla Meyer)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Steve Davis)Austin Chronicle (Steve Davis)
An example of how good intentions don’t necessarily make for a good movie. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Austin Chronicle (Steve Davis)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
There have been exemplary movies imported out of the Middle East and the surrounding region for well over a decade now, which is perhaps why this U.S.-born-and-bred adaptation ... never exudes the raw, authentic power that such a story demands. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Garrett Conti)Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Garrett Conti)
...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Garrett Conti)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for The Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)The Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at The Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
There's a lethargy and a reverence about this film that seem misplaced, as though Forster and screenwriter David Benioff thought they were adapting a sacred text and forgot they were making drama. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for ReelTalk Movie Reviews (Donald J. Levit)ReelTalk Movie Reviews (Donald J. Levit)
The movie slides downhill after its fine portrayal of childhood bonds and cowardice in Afghanistan twenty-six years in the past. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at ReelTalk Movie Reviews (Donald J. Levit)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for L.A. Weekly (Ella Taylor)L.A. Weekly (Ella Taylor)
Armed with a capably hands-off screenplay by David Benioff, [Forster] made a drama as bland and beige as its tasteful palette, whose pacing wouldn’t look out of place in the Sunday-night slot on PBS. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at L.A. Weekly (Ella Taylor)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Newsday (Jan Stuart)Newsday (Jan Stuart)
The film version of Khaled Hosseini's novel is so portentously sincere that you may feel like a cretin for embracing it with anything less than a full heart. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Newsday (Jan Stuart)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
The Kite Runner feels authentic in its ethnic tensions, even when the narrative itself, with its handily reappearing and easily avenged villain, undermines that authenticity. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)
The decidedly small-scale finished product doesn't quite measure up to the epic scope of its story. Fortunately, the film's heart remains very much intact. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for New York Press (Armond White)New York Press (Armond White)
Marc Forster makes message movies (Monster’s Ball, Stranger Than Fiction, Stay) yet he’s never dissed like Stanley Kramer, whose socially conscious ’50s and ’60s films are now considered corny. Forster’s messages get cachet because they always c ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at New York Press (Armond White)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Lessons of Darkness (Nick Schager)Lessons of Darkness (Nick Schager)
The type of film one would expect from Marc Forster -- banal, trite and apt to ramrod simplistic symbolism down viewers' throats. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Lessons of Darkness (Nick Schager)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for IndiewireIndiewire
Right off the bat, there are two telltale signs in the Hollywood adaptation of "The Kite Runner" that portend the safe, diluted entertainment about to unfold. Perhaps nervous that a prestige drama mostly told in the Afghani language of Dari, and ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Indiewire
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Bangitout.com (Jordan Hiller)Bangitout.com (Jordan Hiller)
The film has its moments of purity and at times they are exquisite (they almost seem accidental in their innocence), but it is the story and its ultimate disingenuousness that overturns the cart. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Bangitout.com (Jordan Hiller)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Calls into question why Hosseini's novel was such a chart-climber in the first place other than being one of the first published pieces of fiction to use the Taliban as a subplot after 9/11. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for New York Magazine (David Edelstein)New York Magazine (David Edelstein)
Adapted from Khaled Hosseini’s best-selling novel The Kite Runner, this new film is brisk and bland. But its blandness might work at the box office, where movies in which little boys get raped don’t tend to pack in the crowds. (Gone Baby Gone neve ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at New York Magazine (David Edelstein)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Leonard Maltin's Picks (Leonard Maltin)Leonard Maltin's Picks (Leonard Maltin)
Not having read Khaled Hosseini’s best-selling novel, I had no expectations for this picture, but I knew I was in good hands with screenwriter David Benioff and director Marc Forster. Indeed, The Kite Runner is a very good movie. I wish I could say I ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Leonard Maltin's Picks (Leonard Maltin)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
...the most cinematic elements of the novel are the weakest parts of the movie. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)
Like the source novel, Marc Forster’s film is frequently contrived and melodramatic. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for MovieFreak.com (Sara M. Fetters)MovieFreak.com (Sara M. Fetters)
I wanted to see more of young Amir and Hassan, their friendship as moving and as timeless as any I could possibly imagine. As long is it focuses on them, The Kite Runner soars. If only the rest of it could fly near as high. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at MovieFreak.com (Sara M. Fetters)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Christianity Today (Peter T. Chattaway)Christianity Today (Peter T. Chattaway)
There is a compelling movie in this somewhere, but the film as made lacks a certain momentum. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Christianity Today (Peter T. Chattaway)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Boston Globe (Ty Burr)Boston Globe (Ty Burr)
The Kite Runner will be loved by many moviegoers for its taste and humanity, but for all the places Forster takes us he doesn't show us anything we haven't seen. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Boston Globe (Ty Burr)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)
Hampered by a dull leading performance, Marc Foster and screenwriter David Benioff's adaptation of Khaled Hosseini's hugely popular novel skimps on the book's real value in favor of bland melodrama and absurd dramatics. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)
I attended a screening of The Kite Runner with a friend who'd just given me a copy of Khaled Hosseini's celebrated novel as a gift, and by the time the movie had ended I could tell she was afraid I'd never bother reading it. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
The film version of Khaled Hosseini’s best-selling novel “The Kite Runner” is bound to affect many people very deeply just as the book has, in many languages. Since seeing it first at the Chicago International Film Festival, and again more recently, ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for The Deadbolt (Brian Tallerico)The Deadbolt (Brian Tallerico)
The very dark year in film continues its depressing ways with The Kite Runner, the adaptation of the popular book by Khaled Hosseini. The story of Amir and Hassan, two friends affected by one horrible day and the decision of one to stay silent in the ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at The Deadbolt (Brian Tallerico)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for The Movie Boy (Dustin Putman)The Movie Boy (Dustin Putman)
"The Kite Runner" is not a seamless adaptation of Khaled Hosseini's best-selling novel, but it is a respectable one. Directed by the eclectic Marc Forster (2006's "Stranger Than Fiction") and written by David Benioff (2004's "Troy"), the film is one of ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at The Movie Boy (Dustin Putman)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 1.75 out of 4 stars for VarietyVariety
Paramount Vantage, which is rolling out "The Kite Runner" under its Paramount Classics label, has delayed the pic's release by six weeks owing to a rape scene featuring young Afghan thesp Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada. New release date -- Dec. 14, after the end ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Variety
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 1.75 out of 4 stars for Screen InternationalScreen International
Paramount Classics and DreamWorks will be facing an interesting set of promising and discouraging commercial factors when the film opens in the US on Dec 14. The Kite Runner is based on a 2003 novel, written by first-time Afghan author Khaled Hosseini, ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Screen International
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 1.75 out of 4 stars for Chicago Reader (J. R. Jones)Chicago Reader (J. R. Jones)
I'm writing this about an hour after watching Marc Forster's high-toned adaptation of the best-selling novel by Khaled Hosseini, but already the movie's Oscar-bait spell is beginning to dissipate. David Benioff (25th Hour) deserves credit for the ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Chicago Reader (J. R. Jones)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Pop Syndicate (Stefan Halley)Pop Syndicate (Stefan Halley)
The cost for this mainstream exposure and acceptance seems to be blasting away all the unique features of that culture's storytelling tradition until we have something as familiar and well-worn as a Frank Capra picture. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Pop Syndicate (Stefan Halley)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Steve Davis)Austin Chronicle (Steve Davis)
...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Austin Chronicle (Steve Davis)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Jam! Movies (Liz Braun)Jam! Movies (Liz Braun)
The movie never connects emotionally. There's something false about the storytelling; much seems black and white, morally, and there's a hole where the heart of this thing should be. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Jam! Movies (Liz Braun)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
Like many adaptations of beloved novels, there is something slightly stiff and a little too tasteful about Marc Forster's The Kite Runner. Spanning more than two decades of time and shifting from pre-Soviet-invasion Afghanistan, to southern California, ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
The Kite Runner, adapted from Khaled Hosseini's novel, is another one of those movies made with such noble intentions it dares one not to feel like a Grinch for disliking it, but dislike it I did. This film means well by trying to expand Western ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Eye for Film (Andrew Robertson)Eye for Film (Andrew Robertson)
...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Eye for Film (Andrew Robertson)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Metromix.com (Matt Pais)Metromix.com (Matt Pais)
The silly recurrence of an early-movie villain at the end may make you say, 'Hell to the no!' for the first time, and the same goes for the awkward emotional coda. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Metromix.com (Matt Pais)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Rob Gonsalves)eFilmCritic.com (Rob Gonsalves)
...comes off as the simplistic Oprah-approved gush it always was... ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Rob Gonsalves)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Antagony & Ecstasy (Tim Brayton)Antagony & Ecstasy (Tim Brayton)
Everything good about the book has been removed from the film, and everything trite and unconvincing in the book has been left as the core of the drama. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Antagony & Ecstasy (Tim Brayton)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
The movie's robotic execution doesn't match its ambition to tell an adult story for an adult audience. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Associated Press (Christy Lemire)Associated Press (Christy Lemire)
Screenwriter David Benioff ("The 25th Hour") remained largely faithful to Hosseini's story about the friendship between two boys in Afghanistan just before the 1979 Soviet invasion, and the way one's betrayal of the other haunts him for decades to ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Associated Press (Christy Lemire)
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