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Article: REVIEW; 'Kite Runner' eventually soars; Story takes time to get flying
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- December 21, 2007
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In "The Kite Runner," the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan
and the rise of the Taliban are merely bumps in the emotionally
turbulent road being traveled. The film, based on the bestselling
book, spans two continents and three decades, all without leaving
the troubled heart and mind of one man haunted by memories of a
childhood interrupted by these events.
The film - by Marc Forster, who directed "Finding Neverland" and
"Stranger Than Fiction" - is like three short stories, each with its
own arc, but with overlapping characters and the shared themes of
redemption and forgiveness.
The main character, played by Khalid Abdalla (who was a terrorist
in "United 93"), a newly published author ...