Parents Guide for
The Kite Runner (2007)

Sex: There is one scene where a boy is beaten, restrained, and sodomized by a larger bully. It however is not an explicit scene. Sex is solicited in a scene where a Soviet soldier requires that a woman have sex with him in order for a truck to pass, but the scene never happens.

Nudity: No nudity.

There are scenes of a woman being stoned as a halftime show during a soccer match; the main character is brutally beaten by a Taliban leader. The leader also loses an eye after his servant/"nancy boy" fires a slingshot to defend the main character. Both scenes are bloody.

In addition, there are drops of blood dropping from a raped boy's pants into the snow after that scene.

There is not much explicit language in the film (ex: the "f" word), but a couple of characters do say derogatory comments to or about people of Hazara descent. (Ex: Bully making fun of a Hazara boy; The father in law of the main character is not particularly pleased with a Hazara boy coming into his family.)

There are scenes of the main character's father and his friend drinking liquor. The father also smokes.

The implicit rape scene of a boy (between 10-12 yrs old) and the stoning scene are not easy to watch. Another intense scene is when the main character is beaten by a Taliban leader.