Review of The Kite Runner (2007) by James L — 09 Jan 2011

The Kite Runner is essentially about the brotherly friendship between Amir and Hassan in 1970s Kabul, and Amir's later attempts to make good his conscience some 20yrs later. The main drawback with this is that Amir is such a coward, and a spoiled, boring one at that, the viewer hardly cares about him when the 'poignant' and perfectly unsurprising denouement finally comes.

The unpleasant parts are more unpleasant than need be. The kite action scenes are well done and the general ambience is portrayed realistically, but ultimately it's quite emotion-free and leaves an unpleasant aftertaste.