The Kite Runner (2007) Reviews & Ratings

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The Kite Runner reviews

The Kite Runner holds a 7.3/10 average from 1,286 TMDB ratings.

For someone like me who has trouble visualizing what I read, this was helpful for me to imagine the book's setting. Other than that, there's not really much there. The movie took all the major plot points and put them one after the other, so I suppose it could be a more interesting alternative to Spark Notes, though I honestly think Spark Notes does a better job. It spent no time developing the characters and their…
— honeybee <3 (6/10)

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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