‘Kite Runner' aims for clouds but movie stays closer to Earth

 

Published: December 21, 2007

Marc Forster 's adaptation of Khaled Hosseini 's 2003 best-seller " The Kite Runner ” suffers from severe pacing problems, but the director (" Finding Neverland ”) still delivers an engrossing tale of friendship, guilt and atonement.

Set in Kabul, Afghanistan , in 1978, the story centers on Amir ( Zekiria Ebrahimi ), a privileged Pashtun boy, and his best friend and Hazara servant, Hassan (the winning Ahmad Kha...


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