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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 4.00 out of 4 stars for Preview Family Movie ReviewPreview Family Movie Review
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Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Fresno Bee (Donald Munro)Fresno Bee (Donald Munro)
Both tender and brutal, the sweeping story touches upon such lofty themes as religious fundamentalism, the ravages of war and the overwhelmingly desolate nature of regret. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Fresno Bee (Donald Munro)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Spirituality and Practice (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)Spirituality and Practice (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
A memorable and moving drama about the pain of lost friendship, the yearning for forgiveness, and the freedom that comes from making amends. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Spirituality and Practice (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)
...an affecting, downright riveting piece of work. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)
In an epic, multi-generational story of a family in Kabul, Afghanistan, in the winter of 1975, kite flying takes on the importance of a national sport. Here, it's not just a matter of getting your kite in the air or showing off its design and coloration ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Film School Rejects (Tara Settembre)Film School Rejects (Tara Settembre)
The film adaptation of The Kite Runner brings the popular best seller to life with beautiful intensity. Like the novel, this film is haunting, vivid and upsetting. I’m not a huge fan of political movies or books, but the political events in The Kite ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Film School Rejects (Tara Settembre)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
Visually arresting, politically controversial, perhaps its greatest virtue is its simple message of making wrong right. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
How long has it been since you saw a movie that succeeds as pure story? That doesn't depend on stars, effects or genres, but simply fascinates you with how it will turn out? Marc Forster's "The Kite Runner," based on a much-loved novel, is a movie like th ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
How long has it been since you saw a movie that succeeds as pure story? That doesn't depend on stars, effects or genres, but simply fascinates you with how it will turn out? Marc Forster's "The Kite Runner," based on a much-loved novel, is a movie like ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Filmjerk.com (Brian Orndorf)Filmjerk.com (Brian Orndorf)
Amir (young Zekeria Ebrahimi) and his servant’s son Hassan (Ahmad Kahn Mahmidzada) are two close friends in Afghanistan, navigating the threats of bullies, parental disapproval, and ethnic differences. Amir is a sophisticated boy with a wild imagination ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Filmjerk.com (Brian Orndorf)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for OhmyNews.com (Brian Orndorf)OhmyNews.com (Brian Orndorf)
Kite Runner remains an effective, deeply felt meditation on forgiveness, and when it stays near the characters, it's some of the best filmmaking Marc Forster has ever accomplished. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at OhmyNews.com (Brian Orndorf)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Beliefnet (Nell Minow)Beliefnet (Nell Minow)
An absorbing story in a setting that is both exotic and universal. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Beliefnet (Nell Minow)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Cleveland Plain Dealer (Clint O'Connor)Cleveland Plain Dealer (Clint O'Connor)
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Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
Stellar acting by two youths makes believable the theme that you can go home again both geographically and morally. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Both historically epic and intimate, Forster's faithful rendition of the beloved novel is a touching morality tale of fathers and sons, friendship, betrayal and redemption, set against Afghanistan's tumultuous political events of the past three decades ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)
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Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)
Brings Khaled Hosseini's epic vision to gorgeous life [and] leaves an equally lasting impression on viewers as the novel did with readers. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)
Director Forster always works wonders with children. It's what made Finding Neverland a near-classic. It's what redeems the intermittent obviousness and flatness of this film about escaping an unforgiving fatherland. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Christian Science Monitor (Peter Rainer)Christian Science Monitor (Peter Rainer)
This is one of those stories that, on some primal level, goes straight to the heart. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Christian Science Monitor (Peter Rainer)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Parent PreviewsParent Previews
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Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
A good, sprawling yarn that covers a lot of miles and a lot of years. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for The Phantom TollboothThe Phantom Tollbooth
Every now and then a film comes along that captures the true essence of personal redemption. We all know what it is like to fail miserably. The statement, all have sinned and fall short, is exact and unwavering. The problem is that none of us ever get ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at The Phantom Tollbooth
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Movies into Film.com (N.P. Thompson)Movies into Film.com (N.P. Thompson)
Having skimmed, but not read, Khaled Hosseini’s best-selling novel, “The Kite Runner,” I’m at a loss to say how faithfully the Swiss filmmaker Marc Forster and his American scenarist David Benioff have translated the spirit of the book to the scre ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Movies into Film.com (N.P. Thompson)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia Daily News (Gary Thompson)Philadelphia Daily News (Gary Thompson)
The young actors are quite good, as is Homayoun Ershadi as Amir's intellectual father. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Philadelphia Daily News (Gary Thompson)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for E! Online (Chris Farnsworth)E! Online (Chris Farnsworth)
The power of the film's key scenes can make you forget the long, long, long trip it takes to get to them. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at E! Online (Chris Farnsworth)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)
[A] pretty good adaptation of Khaled Hosseini's pretty good 2003 best-seller. ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli)ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
When a movie is made based on a book that millions of people have read, the first question asked often pertains to the faithfulness of the resultant cinematic product to its written inspiration. In the case of The Kite Runner, director Marc Forster and ...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Kite Runner, The (2007) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for The Cinema Source (Rocco Passafuime)The Cinema Source (Rocco Passafuime)
...read the complete Kite Runner movie review at The Cinema Source (Rocco Passafuime)
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