The Kite Runner

Director: Marc Forster

Cast: Khalid Abdalla, Homayon Ershadi, Zekeria Ebrahimi, Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada, Shaun Toub, Nabi Tanha, Ali Dinesh, Saïd Taghmaoui

(Paramount Vantage, 2007) Rated: PG-13

US DVD release date: 25 March 2008 (Dreamworks)

[14 December 2007]

by Cynthia Fuchs

PopMatters Film and TV Editor

Coloring Books

The Kite Runner shows that even if Baba could make his boy perfectly courageous and honest, outside forces inevitably affect even the most careful plans for the future.

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