When I read this book last month it left two sentences in my memory.
- For you, a thousand times over,
- There is a way to be good again.
Without any doubt I can say that the kid playing Hassan, Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada, is the best casting I have come across in a long long time. This kid has the innocent looks of Hassan from the novel.That's not all, Ahmad is a wonderful wonderful actor. The best part of this film is Ahmad's performance. Just watch his face as he innocently asks Amir why the protaganist in his first short story does not just smell onions to produce tears. Better just observe how his face and gait as he walks out after being abused. The book had me feeling sorry for Hassan right through but that's was just because it was written that way. I feel for Hassan and only Hassan in this film and it solely due to Ahmad. Only a good director can extract such a performance from a boy so young. Kudos to Ahmad and Marc Foster.
This film is another exercise in the discovering that the novel is almost always better than the film. Exceptions of course will be all of Kubrick's films who made movies out of books that will not be known in this day and age, and Coppola's 'The Godfather'. My wife's words sum up the feelings for someone who has read the book.
"The book is so emotional. We feel like crying at many points but the movie does not give out any such feelings."
In my opinion, there was little more that could have been done. If one were to watch the film not having read the book it may actually seem very good. Keep this in mind I rate the film as I do.
RATING: 3.5/5
This film is another exercise in the discovering that the novel is almost always better than the film. Exceptions of course will be all of Kubrick's films who made movies out of books that will not be known in this day and age, and Coppola's 'The Godfather'. My wife's words sum up the feelings for someone who has read the book.
"The book is so emotional. We feel like crying at many points but the movie does not give out any such feelings."
In my opinion, there was little more that could have been done. If one were to watch the film not having read the book it may actually seem very good. Keep this in mind I rate the film as I do.
RATING: 3.5/5
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