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The Kite Runner (2007) -- The octogenarian odd couple of film criticism, the Reel Geezers, review The Kite Runner.
The Kite Runner (2007) -- After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.
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Overview

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7.8/10   23,358 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
David Benioff (screenplay)
Khaled Hosseini (novel)
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Release Date:
26 December 2007 (UK) more
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There is a way to be good again.
Plot:
After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 13 nominations more
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for strong thematic material including the rape of a child, violence and brief strong language.
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128 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Director Mark Forster mentions at 11:10 in the DVD commentary that his passion to make the film as authentic as possible was responsible for his insistence on filming Afghanistani characters speaking in Dari (with English subtitles). At 91:37 author Khaled Hosseini says "Iran and Afghanistan share a language - they call it Farsi in Iran and we call it Dari in Afghanistan - it's essentially the same language, but the accent is very different." He mentions at 97:38 that the speaker at the soccer game is speaking in Pashdu, the other main language of Afghanistan. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: In the scene at the stadium just before the Taliban official gives his speech there is a soccer game going on and most of the players are wearing shorts. The Taliban did not allow shorts or revealing clothes of any kind to be worn, even at an athletic event. They imprisoned and persecuted members of visiting Pakistani teams for wearing shorts. more
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Baba: There is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft... When you kill a man, you steal a life. You steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness. more
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134 out of 196 people found the following comment useful.
And the Oscar goes to ..., 16 December 2007
10/10
Author: leiser18 from San Jose, CA

The Kite Runner should win an Oscar! It's perfect in every sense, the story, the script, the acting, the cinematography... One would never guess it was filmed in China. The story of two childhood friends and what follows in their adult lives will leave a lasting impression. The depiction of life in Afghanistan under the Taliban is all too real and horrifying. I have not read the book, but I have seen comments that put down the movie because "the book is always better"... It doesn't really matter. No one put down "Gone With The Wind" because it wasn't true to the book! As a matter of fact, it won the Academy Award for best picture and several other Oscars. I think this movie is brilliant - BRAVO to the writer and director, and the actors!

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