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"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 that. It superimposes human faces and a historical context on the tragic images of war from Afghanistan." -- Roger Ebert"Nuanced perfs and standout production design convey story in cinematic terms, preserving the narrative's emotional power and historical sweep as it spans continents and decades." --Variety"Every gesture here is designed for maximum impact, and the effect grows deadening after a while. It's no wonder that Forster's best film, Stranger Than Fiction, is partly about the machinery that lets narratives move us. It's a subject he knows well, but here the knowledge does him a disservice. It's okay to be manipulated, so long as you don't feel the strings being pulled. Here the tug is constant, and constantly distracting." -- Keith Phipps, The Onion"A workmanlike, if decaffeinated version of Khaled Hosseini's bestselling novel: the story of two boyhood friends, brothers in spirit, who grow up in 70s Kabul." -- Peter Bradshaw, guardian.co.uk"A deeply moving drama set in Afghanistan is a welcome antidote to some truly witless comedies." -- Philip French, guardian.co.uk
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