No doubt the book is better than the movie, but The Kite Runner (movie) is one of my favorite movies in the past few months, if not this year.

After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.

From his first words, Hassan broke my heart.

The movie is hard to watch at times. The cinematography is beautiful (it was filmed in China) and brutal. The story is compelling - two boys living in a harsh country whose lives are torn apart by one pivotal incident and then a war, and then the man who returns to his homeland as an adult to find that things are worse.

I highly recommend the movie, with 4 stars out of 5.

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