a good movie about friend ship

Some parts are very strong, with the book reaching out to us through thick layers of production, and others are weak, like a bad tv-series or two producers fighting over whether two afghan men should converse in one language or the other. Consequence god dammit! Edited into tiny pieces and only the father and Hassan shine through some very below-par acting. And how can you make this movie so visually indifferent when it's about Afghanistan? Maybe THE most visually interesting place on earth.

"Forster transforms a presumably brutal and nuanced account of class difference and innocence lost into Disney-style kitsch." - Ed Gonzalez

It is often difficult to fully immerse yourself into another culture while you view a film dedicated to characters within that culture, but I found it easy to empathize with all of the players involved. The film is heartbreaking yet endearing I will most certainly be checking out this story in its other medium.

This film has aura, some might even say stench, of Hollywood around it. Same as Slumdog Millionaire has. I missed the authenticity. Marc Forster is a good director, but it seems he was unsure what his vision of the film was, and the ending product seems uncertain, even cheesy. Of course the film has good qualities too, most lifted directly from the book - some smart dialogs, interesting characters (acting isn't always on par with character), difficult themes.

Highly overrated. A lead character with no charisma what so ever. A strange mix of language! Every time there is some important information without no reason what so ever the characters switch from Afghan to English. Worst example it in the end of the film, where the voice in a very moving sad Afghan song suddenly go over and start to sing in English!!! Though a beautiful montage-sequence of the pre-thaliban Afghanistan.

Incredibly moving story.

This is a great movie. I love the message that "The Kite Runner" transmites, it's a life changing movie. Other than that the concept is very good. Overall 89 =) Good Soundtrack, good acting, i really love the acting of the younger Hassan.

The movie was good but the book was better :p